1. 连续内存分配:
连续内存分配基本上是一种将单个连续内存段/部分分配给需要它的进程或文件的方法。因此,所有可用内存空间都驻留在同一个地方,这意味着自由/未使用的可用内存分区不会以随机方式分布在整个内存空间中。
主存储器是两个主要部分的组合——一个用于操作系统,另一个用于用户程序。我们可以通过将内存分区划分为固定大小的分区来实现/实现连续的内存分配。
2. 非连续内存分配:
非连续内存分配基本上是一种与连续分配方法相反的方法,根据进程的要求将不同位置的内存空间分配给进程。由于所有可用的内存空间都是分布式模式,因此免费可用的内存空间也分散在各处。
这种内存分配技术有助于减少内存的浪费,这最终会导致内部和外部碎片化。
连续和非连续内存分配的区别:
S.NO. | Contiguous Memory Allocation | Non-Contiguous Memory Allocation |
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1. | Contiguous memory allocation allocates consecutive blocks of memory to a file/process. | Non-Contiguous memory allocation allocates separate blocks of memory to a file/process. |
2. | Faster in Execution. | Slower in Execution. |
3. | It is easier for the OS to control. | It is difficult for the OS to control. |
4. | Overhead is minimum as not much address translations are there while executing a process. | More Overheads are there as there are more address translations. |
5. | Both Internal fragmentation and external fragmentation occurs in Contiguous memory allocation method. | External fragmentation occurs in Non-Contiguous memory allocation method. |
6. | It includes single partition allocation and multi-partition allocation. | It includes paging and segmentation. |
7. | Wastage of memory is there. | No memory wastage is there. |
8. | In contiguous memory allocation, swapped-in processes are arranged in the originally allocated space. | In non-contiguous memory allocation, swapped-in processes can be arranged in any place in the memory. |