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#91Proceedings of the 1990 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems
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Summary / DescriptionArticle from the Department of Computer Science, Princeton University
 
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Type of Prior ArtPrint Publication
 
Publication Title *Proceedings of the 1990 ACM SIGMETRICS conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems
 
AuthorRafael Alonso and Andrew W. Appel
 
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Page Range153-162
 
MediumJournal article
 
Publication Date *January 1, 1990
 
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When it is time to collect, the garbage collector traverses all of the reachable cells in the active space, and copies them into the inactive space. Then the spaces are switched; that is, the other space is now used, and the formerly active space is left empty until the next garbage collection.
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Memory manager with file allocation table

A manager for a computer memory comprising: a block allocation routine, the memory divided into blocks of memory locations, each block having an allocation table and a data region divided into data areas, each allocation table having entries corresponding to region data areas, the block allocation routine for selecting a block in which to store data; a data area allocation routine for selecting a data area within the data region for the selected block in which to store data, for selecting an allocation table entry to correspond to the selected data area, and for setting the selected allocation table entry to correspond to the selected data area and to an allocated state; and a storage routine for storing data in the selected data area.
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Possible anticipates claim 11 and part of claim 9.
Possible anticipates claim 11 and part of claim 9.
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