Question

Explain the following term with respect to virtual memory:

Working set

Answer 1

• At any given time, a process may have several pages loaded into physical memory, but only some of them are actively used.
• The group of pages in physical memory that are currently being referenced at a particular moment is known as the working set.
• The working set plays an important role in deciding the page replacement and page loading policy when the operating system uses the working set model.