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This is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault
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occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is
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currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful
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technique for implementing:
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* pageable virtual memory,
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* memory-mapped access to persistent databases,
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* generational garbage collectors,
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* stack overflow handlers,
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* distributed shared memory,
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