Paging is a memory management scheme that eliminates the need for contiguous allocation of physical memory, thereby reducing fragmentation. In this system, the process's virtual memory is divided into fixed-size blocks called pages, which correspond to blocks of physical memory called frames. For example, if a process requires 8 pages and the system has 4 frames, the operating system can load 4 pages into memory while keeping the rest on disk until needed. This allows for efficient use of memory, as pages can be swapped in and out as required, facilitating multitasking and efficient memory utilization.
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