What are the differences between paging and segmentation?
Paging and segmentation
Paging
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Segmentation
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Computer memory is divided into small
partitions that are all the same size and
referred to as, page frames. Then when a
process is loaded it gets divided into pages
which are the same size as those previous
frames. The process pages are then loaded
into the frames.
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Memory-management scheme that supports
user view of memory.
Computer memory is allocated in various sizes (segments) depending on the need for address space by the process. |
Address generated by CPU is divided into:
Page number (p) – used as an index into a
page table which contains base address of
each page in physical memory.
Page offset (d) – combined with base address to define the physical memory address that is sent to the memory unit. |
Logical address consists of a two tuple:
<segment-number, offset>
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Transparent to programmer (system
allocates memory)
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Involves programmer (allocates memory to
specific function inside code)
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No separate protection
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Separate protection
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No separate compiling
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Separate compiling
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No shared code
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Share code
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