Multiple choice

On a 32-bit machine, what is the maximum size of the virtual address space?

  1. 4 megabytes

  2. 2 kilobytes

  3. 4 gigabytes

  4. all of the above
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Explanation

On a 32-bit computer architecture, a memory address is represented using 32 bits. The maximum number of unique memory locations that can be directly addressed is 2 to the power of 32, which equals 4 gigabytes.

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