Background storage

Called background memory

• a file for swapping out parts of the physical memory, see swap file
• a storage medium for transferring files, see hierarchical storage management
• Occasionally a term for a very fast buffer memory that enables the processor to read program parts directly from there without having to access the main memory, see cache
• an abstract term for an area within the main memory in which background processes are executed, see shared memory

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