Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 17 - No. 40)
How does virtual memory handle data that is not actively being used by the CPU?
It deletes the data.
It moves the data to the hard drive.
It compresses the data in RAM.
It sends the data to the network.
Explication
Inactive data is moved to the hard drive (or SSD) to free up RAM for active processes.