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     MEM(4)                                                     MEM(4)

     Name
          mem - System wide memory boxes.

     Synopsis
          /b/mem

     Description
          The box /b/mem is used to contain boxes that represent
          pieces of memory not attached to a particular process. Think
          of them as system-wide memory segments.

          The box owner may create new boxes into /b/mem to allocate
          portions of memory.

     Announces
          None

     Source
          /src/b/port/membox.c

     Bugs
          This box is expected to be subsumed by vm(4).