Abstract: In accordance with the illustrated preferred embodiment, a system and technique are presented which enable several independent software tasks, referred to as partitions, to be stored in memory and concurrently utilized without interfering with each other's operation. This system and technique also enable physical memory to be dynamically mapped so that various dynamic structures, including partitions, can be dynamically allocated memory as needed without interfering with each other. Some interaction between partitions is also made available so that results generated by operation of one of the partitions can be utilized by other of the partitions.