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What is the page table mainly for?

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Answer: See explanation

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A page table is used for the tracking and the location of different pages of a task in memory. It helps in showing the mapping of locations between the physical addresses and the virtual addresses.

A page table stores also has the page table entries and this is where the frame numbers are stored as well as the operational status.

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