physically

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physical (from ancient Greek physis "physical condition") refers to:

  • Concept of what is tangible and physically present in philosophy and human sciences, see physis
  • Geography of natural features (geosphere), see physical geography
  • Type of map display, see physical map
  • Type of storage in computers, including physical storage , see RAM
  • Amount of memory addresses that can be addressed directly by a processor via the address lines, including physical address space , see address space # Usual memory address spaces
  • Type of addresses in networks that designate exactly one hardware component, also physical address , see MAC address


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