mmap (memory mapping)

Technologies

Memory mapping: the mechanism by which the operating system maps a file into a program's memory, reading only the requested parts on demand. It's why models in GGUF format, with their aligned tensors, load in a few seconds: the whole file doesn't have to be copied into RAM.

This term in other languages

🇮🇹mmap (mappatura di memoria)

🇫🇷mmap (mappage mémoire)