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Handle Operations Under Limited Memory

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How to handle operations/algorithms under limited memory conditions?

Asked in the Technical Interview stage. This was the first question discussed during the interview, with no coding involved. Explain how you would reason about memory-bounded algorithms and operational choices, including when data cannot fit in memory.