Memory Budget

Definitions

1. A hard or soft limit on how much RAM a component, subsystem, or entire application is allowed to consume. Memory budgets are enforced through monitoring and allocation caps, and are critical in constrained environments like mobile devices, game consoles, and embedded systems.

   In plain English: A set limit on how much memory a program or part of a program is allowed to use, like a spending cap for RAM.

   Example: "The texture streaming system has a 512MB memory budget — if it goes over, it evicts the lowest-priority mip levels."

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