very large memory

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very large memory - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Very Large Memory
  
     <architecture> (VLM) A processor and operating system that
     can use more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit for systems
     using 32-bit addresses.
  
     VLM architectures allow application programs and Very Large Databases
      with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in
     physical memory, with large performance enhancements.
  
     Some recent processors like the DEC Alpha can process 64
     bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits.
  
     Digital Unix (http://unix.digital.com/unix/64bit/).
  
     (Solaris http://sun.com/solaris/64bit.html).
  
     (SGI http://sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html).
  
     (Unix 98
     http://UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html).
  
     [How wide are the address busses?]
  
     (1998-07-07)