© Thomas Kunz 2000
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Segmentation
äSegmentation
is a memory management scheme that supports a logical view of the
address space of a process as made up of several different size segments
äA
segmented memory has the following advantages:
äsimplifies
the handling of data structures that are growing or shrinking
äthe
linking up of procedures compiled separately is greatly simplified
äfacilitates
sharing of data or procedures between processes
äprocedures
and data segments can be distinguished and separately protected