Operating System Set 1
This Operating System Quiz based on Process Management section of Operating System. This quiz is helpful for aspiring candidates of GATE, UGC NET and other
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This Operating System Quiz based on Process Management section of Operating System. This quiz is helpful for aspiring candidates of GATE, UGC NET and other
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Paging is a memory management scheme that allows non-contiguous allocation of processes, and which eliminates problems with fragmentation by allocating memory in equal sized blocks known as pages. The basic idea behind paging is
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A process must be loaded into memory in order to execute. If there is not enough memory available to keep all running processes in memory at the same time, then some processes who are
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Memory accesses and memory management are a very important part of modern computer operation. Every instruction has to be fetched from memory before it can be executed, and most instructions
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If a system does not employ either a deadlock-prevention or a deadlock-avoidance algorithm(for detail see Introduction to Deadlocks, Methods for Handling Deadlocks and Deadlock Avoidance Techniques), then deadlock situation may occur.
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Deadlock prevention algorithms, prevent deadlock by restraining how request can be made. for more details read Methods for Handling Deadlocks and Introduction to Deadlocks.
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For introduction to deadlocks please refer to the Introduction to Deadlocks. In this post we discuss the methods to handle the deadlock.
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In a multi programming environment, several processes may compete for a finite number of resources. A process requests resources, and if the resources are not available at that time, process enters in a waiting state.
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CPU Scheduling is the basis of multi-programmed operating system. By switching the the CPU among processes, the operating system can make the computer more productive.
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A thread, sometimes called a lightweight process (LWP), is a basic unit of CPU utilization, it comprises a thread ID, a program counter, register