Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 - Manual (Page 711)

Memory and Variable Management 711
This process continues to the end of the last sector. Depending on the size of individual
variables, the empty blocks may account for a significant amount of space.
Note: Garbage collection occurs when the variable you are archiving is larger than any
empty block.
How Unarchiving a Variable Affects the Process How Unarchiving a Variable Affects the Process How Unarchiving a Variable Affects the Process How Unarchiving a Variable Affects the Process
When you unarchive a variable, it is copied to RAM but it is not actually deleted from
user data archive memory.
variable B
variable C
variable A
variable D
Depending on its
size, variable D is
stored in one of
these locations.
Sector 1
Sector 3
Sector 2
Empty
block