superpage

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ page.

Noun

superpage (plural superpages)

  1. (operating systems, especially FreeBSD) A page larger in size than an ordinary (base) page.
    Synonyms: huge page (Linux), large page (Windows)
    Coordinate term: base page
    Superpage support in an operating system allows for more efficient mapping of large regions physical memory into the process address space than having to subdivide the physical memory into base pages.
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