The Atlas Milestone: Celebrating virtual memory, which has made such a difference in how we approach programming, memory management, and secure computing.

This article reviews the development of virtual memory and its impact on the computing industry. Topics include the discovery of virtual memory including the Atlas architecture, operating system, and programming language that led to it as well as its impact on overall computer memory, multi-programm...

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Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 9; pp. 26 - 30
Main Authors:	Denning, Peter, Ibbett, Roland
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Sep2022
Subjects:	Virtual storage (Computer science) Computer architecture Kilburn, Tom Multiprogramming (Electronic computers) Computer operating systems
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	This article reviews the development of virtual memory and its impact on the computing industry. Topics include the discovery of virtual memory including the Atlas architecture, operating system, and programming language that led to it as well as its impact on overall computer memory, multi-programming and secure computing.