Compare and contrast spatial locality with temporal locality.

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Temporal locality refers to the observation that once a particular memory location has been accessed the probability that it will be accessed again is high.
Spatial locality refers to the observation that once a particular memory location is accessed the probability that locations in close proximity to that location will be accessed is high

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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