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Locality of Reference in Programs

Temporal and spatial locality in real program memory access patterns, and why references cluster rather than being spread uniformly.

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L-3.11: Locality of Reference in Cache Memory | Spatial Vs Temporal Locality | Computer Organization

Locality of Reference is a fundamental principle in computer organization describing the tendency of processors to access specific memory blocks repeatedly over time or within contiguous spatial regi…