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A page fault occurs in a virtual memory system whenever:
The operating system successfully swaps a page out to the disk to free up space.
An invalid memory address is accessed that does not exist in the virtual address space.
The CPU attempts to access a page that is already present in physical memory (RAM).
A program attempts to access a page that is mapped in the virtual address space but is not currently loaded in physical memory.
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