What is a widespread memory?
Memory extended concerns any amount of memory available for use in the main memory, which is its own DOS systems. In most cases, this means that any memory over 1 megabyte (MB), which is supported by DOS, would be considered a widespread memory. The memory of this type is supported by using certain types of microprocessors that allow loading and access to extended memory. Along with an extended form of memory, many systems are also able to support what is called extended memory.
One of the main differences between extended and widespread memory is that the widespread memory is configured to meet a specific published standard known as EMS. This standard works with DOS to allow access to additional memory and allow this memory to be used for certain tasks. In contrast, the widespread memory does not have to use EMS or a specific published standard. Instead, the ability to use this special memory is managed through a microprocessoRuh use interface for application programming that allows communication between standard and enlarged memory.
The enhanced memory function allows the system to allocate memory means with higher efficiency. Within allocation, the processor is able to determine when standard memory is not enough to manage certain tasks and use some of the added memory sources to complete the necessary steps in the task sequence. For end users, the perception is that the total memory is not enough to manage the required functions without the actual need to distinguish whether the relevant sources from standard or extended memory are. The final result, a completed task, is still the same.
Over time, the widespread memory has become more common for access to the use of extended memory. This is because newer systems use more poweruls processors that provide the need to use the extended obsolete memory. As a result, a more powerful processoRY can support the installation of significantly more memory, which in turn allows the system to manage more tasks at the same time without negatively affecting the overall efficiency of the system. The ability to have access to an increasing amount of memory has led to end users to engage in tasks with desktop and notebook systems that would be impossible ten years ago. Since the use of computers in everything, from business tasks to access to entertainment continues to grow, processors capable of managing more memory will be developed.