ɪn pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚ, ɪn kəmpjˈuːɾɚz jˈuːɾɪlˌaɪzɪŋ ɐ mˈɛmɚɹi mˈænɪdʒmənt jˈuːnɪt ˌɛmˌɛmjˈuː tə tɹænslˈeɪt mˈɛmɚɹi ɐdɹˈɛsᵻz, ðə vˈɜːtʃuːəl ænd fˈɪzɪkəl ɐdɹˈɛsᵻz ɹᵻfˈɜː tʊ ɐn ɐdɹˈɛs bᵻfˌoːɹ ænd ˈæftɚ tɹænslˈeɪʃən pɚfˈɔːɹmd baɪ ðɪ ˌɛmˌɛmjˈuː, ɹᵻspˈɛktɪvli.
In particular, in computers utilizing a memory management unit (MMU) to translate memory addresses, the virtual and physical addresses refer to an address before and after translation performed by the MMU, respectively.