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Page based address Mapping

Address mapping would be simpler if all chunks were same size
  • call each chunk of address space a page
  • all pages are the same size P (PageSize )
  • process memory is spread across  ⌈ProcSize/P ⌉  pages
  • page i has addresses A in range  i*P ≤ A < (i+1)*P

[Diagram:Pics/opsys/pagesSmall.png]