A secondary storage region, called the ____, is reserved for the task of storing pages not held in memory.
A) swap space
B) main memory
C) heap
D) stack

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The swap space is a dedicated area on the disk, which is used by the operating system for virtual memory management. When the system runs out of physical memory, it moves some of the pages out to the swap space to make room for new pages. This way, the system can efficiently manage its memory resources and provide the necessary memory to applications. Therefore, the swap space is the appropriate choice for the secondary storage region that stores pages not held in memory. The other options (B, C, and D) are not related to secondary storage or paging. Main memory is the primary storage used to hold pages in memory, the heap and stack are memory regions used by programs (specifically for dynamically allocated memory and function calls, respectively).

A Secondary Storage Region, Called the ____, Is Reserved for the Task