Comparing the tutorials
Search the Internet to find two tutorials on virtual memory as it is used in modern workstations, servers, or mobile devices. The tutorials could be in written form or videos similar to the Messer (2012) video included in this module’s instructional resources.
Write a short paper comparing the tutorials you identified. Explain which tutorial you preferred based upon how it helped you answer the following questions:
- How does virtual memory extend the memory available to applications?
- What are the drawbacks of a page fault when a virtual memory page is not resident?
A complete paper will include:
- The answers to the above questions
- A description of the tutorial that best helped you answer those questions and why you preferred it
- Any challenges you are having with understanding virtual memory. If you are having difficulty, you can simply write a paragraph or two about any areas of virtual memory you still do not understand and your plan for how you will master those areas. If you are confident in what you have learned, use that portion of your paper to talk about any benefits of virtual memory you found.
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IT 600 Module Four Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric Overview: For this assignment, you will search the Internet to find TWO tutorials on virtual memory as it is used in modern workstations, servers, or mobile devices. The tutorials you choose can be in written form or videos similar to the Messer (2012) video included in this module’s instructional resources. Prompt: In your paper, you will compare the tutorials you identified. Explain which tutorial you preferred based upon how it helped you answer the following questions:
1) How does virtual memory extend the memory available to applications? 2) What are the drawbacks of a page fault when a virtual memory page is not resident?
The critical elements for this paper are:
1) The answers to the above questions
2) A comparison of the information in the two tutorials
3) A description of the tutorial that best helped you answer those questions and why you preferred it
4) Any challenges you are having with understanding virtual memory. If you are having difficulty, you can simply write a paragraph or two about any areas of virtual memory you still do not understand and your plan for how you will master those areas. If you are confident in what you have learned, use that portion of your paper to talk about any benefits of virtual memory you found.
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a two-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least two sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Answers to Two Questions
Answers to two questions are accurate
Answers to two questions are not accurate
Answered to two questions are not evident
25
Comparison of Two Tutorials
The comparison of the two tutorials includes how the information provided helps answers the two questions
The comparison of the two tutorials does not include how the information provided helps answers the two questions
The comparison of the two tutorials is not evident
20
Description of the Preferred
Tutorial
Description of the preferred tutorial is complete and reasons for preferring it are given
Description of the preferred tutorial is incomplete and/or reasons for preferring it are not given
Description of the preferred tutorial is not evident
25
Explanation of Challenges or
Benefits
One-to-two paragraph explanation is provided either describing challenges to your understanding of virtual memory and how to plan to meet them or in the absence of challenges; an explanation of the benefits of virtual memory is provided
One to two paragraph explanation is provided either describing challenges to your understanding of virtual memory but does not provide a plan to meet them or in the absence of challenges; an explanation of the benefits of virtual memory is not accurate or incomplete
One-to-two paragraph explanation is provided either describing challenges to your understanding of virtual memory and how to plan to meet them or in the absence of challenges; an explanation of the benefits of virtual memory is not evident
20
Guidelines for Submission
Guidelines for submission are met
Some of the guidelines for submission are met
Most of the guidelines for submission are not met
10
Earned Total 100%