Computer memory
The physical memory of a computer is shared among all the processes running on a system. If one process uses a lot of memory, the other processes will most likely be affected. But from a programmer's perspective, we usually don't have to bother about the memory that is being used by other processes. This isolation of memory is due to the fact that most operating systems today are virtual memory operating systems, which provide the illusion that a process has all the memory for itself. Each process has its own virtual address space.
The virtual address space
Addresses in the virtual address space that programmers see are mapped to physical addresses by the operating system and the memory management unit (MMU), which is a part of the processor. This mapping or translation happens each time we access a memory address.
This extra layer of indirection makes it possible for the operating system to use physical memory for the parts of a process...
