Persistent memory

Updated: 05/02/2021 by Computer Hope

Persistent memory is a memory that can be accessed even after the process that created it has ended. The technique may use the processor's memory access functions directly, or special APIs (application programming interfaces) that facilitate low-level memory access. Often, a persistent memory scheme will structure data using a filesystem to associate identifiers with the information stored in RAM (random-access memory) or virtual memory.

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