How does the Windows operating system use paging to manage memory?

[ProfRon]

You ever wonder why your PC doesn't crash when you open too many tabs? Windows uses paging to juggle that mess. It treats your hard drive like a backup buddy for RAM. When memory gets tight, it shoves less-used stuff to the page file on disk. That frees up space quick. I bet you've seen the swap file eating drive room. Windows pulls data back when you need it again. It's like lending clothes to a friend during laundry day. You click something, and bam, it fetches from the drive. This keeps everything humming without total meltdown. Paging saves your bacon on old hardware too. I once fixed a buddy's laptop this way. It pages in chunks called pages, but don't sweat that. Your system decides what to evict based on use. Fresh apps stay in RAM, old ones chill on disk. It's sneaky efficient. You might notice slowdowns if the drive's slow, though. SSDs make paging zippy. I swear by upgrading storage for that reason.

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