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• In static relocation once the object program has been loaded into RAM relocatability is lost and the process can not me moved again.

• In dynamic relocation relocatability is retained and the process may be moved during execution.

• This is essential in a multi-programming environment where programs are constantly swapped in and out of memory

• The logical to physical mapping is done at run time, using base register addressing.

• The limit register hold the highest addressable location of the process, which enables the memory manager to to protect the memory space of other programs

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