* FW: question: high virtual memory usage
@ 2005-06-14 13:42 Dave Korn
2005-06-14 18:36 ` One Angry User
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From: Dave Korn @ 2005-06-14 13:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'theres a whole load of yak in here....'
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>From: Dave Korn
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> ----Original Message----
>> From: Brian Dessent
>> Sent: 14 June 2005 03:23
>
>> Procexp's "virtual size" column seems to be a meaningless number that
>> procexp somehow arrives at.
>
> It's the amount of reserved-but-not-yert-committed memory.
>
"Yurt-commmitted" memory, of course, is that portion of the process memory
space reserved for tracking the movements of nomadic mongolian tents;
apologies for mis-speeling it. D'oh!
cheers,
DaveK
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* Re: FW: question: high virtual memory usage
2005-06-14 13:42 FW: question: high virtual memory usage Dave Korn
@ 2005-06-14 18:36 ` One Angry User
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From: One Angry User @ 2005-06-14 18:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Dave Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Dave Korn
> >Sent: 14 June 2005 10:36
>
> > ----Original Message----
> >> From: Brian Dessent
> >> Sent: 14 June 2005 03:23
> >
> >> Procexp's "virtual size" column seems to be a meaningless number that
> >> procexp somehow arrives at.
> >
> > It's the amount of reserved-but-not-yert-committed memory.
>
> "Yurt-commmitted" memory, of course, is that portion of the process memory
> space reserved for tracking the movements of nomadic mongolian tents;
> apologies for mis-speeling it. D'oh!
And people complain about SETI@home...
OAU
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