Every time an instruction is executed, or a data value is used, the operating system (or the hardware) must translate the job space address, which is relative, into its physical address, which is absolute.

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This is true. Job space addresses are relative, meaning they are expressed in terms of the program's virtual memory address space. However, the physical address is the actual location of the memory in hardware. Therefore, the operating system (or hardware) needs to translate the relative job space address into an absolute physical address to access the desired data or instruction in memory.

Every Time an Instruction Is Executed, or a Data Value