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How does firefox interact with memory

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I'd like to know how firefox interacts with writing to memory as I am doing a project to expore data releveant to browsing activity contained within memory.

I'd like to know how firefox interacts with writing to memory as I am doing a project to expore data releveant to browsing activity contained within memory.

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Maybe look at the about:memory page (via the location bar).

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Thanks, that isn't entirely what I am looking for though. I need to understand the difference in how firefox writes to memory with regards to public/private browsing.

Any ideas?