Non-contiguous heaps
This is the practice of keeping the Java heap in several non-adjacent chunks of system memory. Non-contiguous heaps require additional bookkeeping, but can vastly increase the amount of available heap space in environments where, for example, the operating system resides in the middle of the address space. This is mostly relevant on 32-bit architectures where the amount of address space is limited.
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