How does an operating system manage computer memory?

How does an operating system manage computer memory?

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-OS manage the memory by organizing it into blocks of sizes called page frames. Task are equally divided into pieces that can fit into the frames.
-OS swaps the tasks between the main memory and the virtual memory on the hard disk.

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