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The document discusses different methods of memory management used in early computer systems, including fixed partitions, dynamic partitions, and relocatable dynamic partitions. It notes that a common fault with these methods was that jobs could only be as large as the biggest memory partition. This changed with third generation computers that allowed users to connect directly via remote job entry stations and terminals, requiring a new memory management method. The new systems divided programs into variable sized segments or equal sized pages, and did not require programs to reside entirely in memory during execution.

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The document discusses different methods of memory management used in early computer systems, including fixed partitions, dynamic partitions, and relocatable dynamic partitions. It notes that a common fault with these methods was that jobs could only be as large as the biggest memory partition. This changed with third generation computers that allowed users to connect directly via remote job entry stations and terminals, requiring a new memory management method. The new systems divided programs into variable sized segments or equal sized pages, and did not require programs to reside entirely in memory during execution.

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CONCLUSION

METHODS OF MEMORY MANAGEMENT Single-User Configurations- ONE USER DOES ONE JOB AT A TME. Fixed Partitions- MAIN MEMORY SECTIONED OFF, A PORTION ASSIGNED FOR EACH USER.

Dynamic Partitions- A JOB IS GIVEN AS MUCH MEMORY AS THEY REQUEST

Relocatable Dynamic Partitions- EMPTY BLOCKS COLLECTED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE NEW JOBS.

FAULTS
THOUGH MEMORY MANAGEMENT GOT PROGRESSIVE BETTER THEY STLL MAINTAINED ONE COMMON FAULT

THE JOB CAN ONLY BE AS LARGE AS THE BIGGEST PARTION OF SPACE

THIS CHANGED DURING WITH THE THIRD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS. Users were now able to connect directly with the central processing unit using remote job entry stations, and load their jobs from online terminals that could interact more directly with the system. With this change a new method of memory management was necessary.

New memory management systems

The new systems had two main things in common


Programs could be divided into segments of variable sizes or pages of equal size. It was no longer needed for the program as a whole or in parts had to reside in memory during the execution of the job.

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