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jan 1, 1962 - the first concept of virtual memory

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The first concept of virtual memory has emerged from a team under the direction of Tom Kilburn at the University of Manchester on the Atlas supercomputer. Virtual memory allowed a computer to use its capacity to switch repeatedly between multiple programs.

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jan 1, 1962
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~ 64 years ago