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Is the Total RAM Usage Percentage Higher Than the Sum of Individual Programs?
Why is there a discrepancy between the percentage of memory usage indicated in the column title and the total memory usage of individual programs listed in the column? For instance, in Task Manager, ...
It is not possible to simply add up the numbers in the "Memory" column of the "Processes" tab and arrive at the total RAM usage percentage. Windows memory management is far more complex than that simple sum would suggest.