Why does Virtual Memory Load steadily increase?

[mattbuilt1]

After logging from hwinfo all day, I noticed that the Virtual Memory Load % steadily increases. This was over the coarse of a day that I was mostly gone. I typically just have email and chrome tabs (admittedly MANY) open. What can cause Virtual Memory Load to increase like this without the computer being actively used?

 

[att1cus]

After logging from hwinfo all day, I noticed that the Virtual Memory Load % steadily increases. This was over the coarse of a day that I was mostly gone. I typically just have email and chrome tabs (admittedly MANY) open. What can cause Virtual Memory Load to increase like this without the computer being actively used?

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