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memory ballooning

memory ballooning noun: a technique used to eliminate the need to overcommit host memory used by virtual machines by letting each VM effectively "give back" unused pages of virtual memory.

Noun

memory ballooning (uncountable)

  1. A technique used to eliminate the need to overcommit host memory used by virtual machines by letting each VM effectively "give back" unused pages of virtual memory.

Questions about memory ballooning

What does memory ballooning mean?
Memory ballooning means a technique used to eliminate the need to overcommit host memory used by virtual machines by letting each VM effectively "give back" unused pages of virtual memory.
What part of speech is memory ballooning?
Memory ballooning is a noun.

Words near memory ballooning in the dictionary

  1. memory
  2. Memory Alpha
  3. memory B cell
  4. memory B cells
  5. memory balloon
  6. memory ballooning
  7. memory bank
  8. memory barrier
  9. memory barriers
  10. memory box
  11. memory boxes

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