Resident Set Size
Encyclopedia
The resident set size is the portion of a process
's memory that is held in RAM
. The rest of the memory exists in swap
or the filesystem (never loaded or previously unloaded parts of the executable).
Process (computing)
In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the operating system , a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that execute instructions concurrently.A computer program is a...
's memory that is held in RAM
Ram
-Animals:*Ram, an uncastrated male sheep*Ram cichlid, a species of freshwater fish endemic to Colombia and Venezuela-Military:*Battering ram*Ramming, a military tactic in which one vehicle runs into another...
. The rest of the memory exists in swap
Swap
- Finance :* Swap , a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another* Barter- Technology :* Swap space, related to a computer's virtual memory subsystem...
or the filesystem (never loaded or previously unloaded parts of the executable).