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Overlay (programming)

In a general computing sense, overlaying means "the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into main memory, replacing what is already stored". Overlaying is a programming method that allows programs to be larger than the computer's main memory. An embedded system would normally use overlays because of the limitation of physical…

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Overlay (programming)

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Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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codecs may be decoupled to the point where they can be loaded ininstance ofsoftware components0.80text
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COBOL paragraphsinstance ofwhich are natural divisions of the program0.80text
ALGOL proceduresinstance ofwhich are natural divisions of the program0.80text
data structuresinstance ofwhich are natural divisions of the program0.80text
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