Could someone break down the memory terms in Windows 11's Task Manager for me?

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pu62ek
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Post by pu62ek »

This. Got it, so "Committed" is the total memory your system has promised to processes, including what's in RAM and what's on standby in the page file.
uq163
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Post by uq163 »

Yeah, Exactly, and "Modified" is memory that's been changed and needs to be written to disk before it can be reused.
RHvwhGynfosp
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Post by RHvwhGynfosp »

Got it, and the "Paged pool" is memory that can be moved to your disk's page file if needed, while "Non-paged" has to stay in RAM.
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