VSZ

lastmod 2018-08-17created 2017-05-232 edits

virtual memory size of the process in KiB (1024-byte units). Device mappings are currently excluded; this is subject to change. (alias vsize).

Simply put, VSZ is the size of virtual memory, and device mappings are currently excluded from it.

See also

• ps
• Linux
• RSS

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