physical address

physical address

(memory management)

The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.

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physical address

The actual, machine address of an item or device. See MAC address and Bitcoin address.

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