What role does the memory manager play in virtual address space fragmentation?

[ProfRon]

You ever wonder why your computer slows down after running a bunch of apps? I mean, it's like the memory gets all jumbled up. The memory manager's the one sorting that mess. It hands out chunks of space to programs when they need it. But when programs quit, they leave these odd gaps behind.

Those gaps? They're fragmentation in the virtual address space. You picture a puzzle with missing pieces scattered everywhere. The manager tries to fit new stuff into those holes. Sometimes it works fine. Other times, it can't grab a big enough block for a new app.

I remember tweaking my setup once, and it felt like the manager was playing whack-a-mole with free spots. It compacts things or swaps to disks to fight the clutter. Without it stepping in, your whole system would grind to a halt from those pesky splits.

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