hugepage
nounEtymology Compound of huge + page.
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Linux, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A memory page (a fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory) that is significantly larger than a standard page.
- MongoDB needs to page in lots of tiny pieces of memory, so using hugepages can result in more disk IO.2013, Kristina Chodorow, MongoDB: The Definitive Guide, Sebastopol, C.A.: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 378: