What does this mean?

Question

On Windows Task Manager it says : Commit Charge: 396M / 1245M what does this mean?

Answer 1

See here
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/commit_charge.html

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commit_charge

In computing, commit charge is a term used in modern Microsoft Windows operating systems to describe the total amount of virtual address space, for which the backing store is the pagefile. It may be thought of as the maximum potential pagefile usage.

The Windows Task Manager utility, in its Performance tab, shows three counters for commit charge:

Total is the amount of pagefile-backed virtual address space currently in use.

Limit is the maximum possible value for Total; it is the sum of the current pagefile size plus the physical memory available for paging (this excludes RAM that is assigned to non-pageable areas).

Peak is the highest amount that the total commit charge has reached since the computer was last rebooted.

The commit charge increases when any program is opened and used, and goes down when a program is closed.

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Answer 3

The 1245M is the total amount of RAM + your page file that you're computer has available. When the computer uses your entire RAM is starts to use the hard drive's page file. 396M is how much you are currently using. The page file is used for other purposes than just an overdraft for RAM also.

If you want to know how much actually RAM you have, then you want to look at the "Physical Memory (K)" box.

You know when you need to upgrade your RAM when the available memory drops to 0.

Answer 4

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