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Record 1 2012-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A program interrupt that occurs, in a demand paging system, when data or a program are not currently in main memory and must be read in from disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Interruption de l'exécution d'un programme qui se produit lors du premier appel à une information contenue dans une page, lorsque celle-ci n'existe pas en mémoire centrale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Interrupción que ocurre cuando un programa necesita un elemento de datos o una instrucción, que no se halla actualmente en la memoria; ello permite que la programática transfiera a la memoria principal la página que contiene los datos o instrucciones requeridos desde un almacenamiento externo.

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