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| What is "swapping" in terms of memory? |
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| moving processes back and forth between RAM and disk |
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| How much slower is an SSD or hard disk compared to the RAM???? |
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| How much slower is an SSD or hard disk compared to the RAM???? |
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| What is fragmentation in terms of memory??? |
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| When there are various "holes" in memory??? |
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| Pick the first hole that is big enough |
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| Pick the smallest hole that is big enough |
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| 3 things to consider when deciding on a memory allocation strategy |
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1) Which process should be picked?
2) What hole should we choose?
3) How should the picked process be placed in the hole? |
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| Internal fragmentation??? In what situations does it matter??? |
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Internal fragmentation???
It matters for large (in terms of memory) processes??? |
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| External Fragmentation??? |
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| External Fragmentation??? |
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| How does a linked list data structure "waste" space??? Something to do with the pointer holding 8 bytes. |
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| How does a linked list data structure "waste" space??? Something to do with the pointer holding 8 bytes. |
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| array VS linked list in terms of memory management (specifically internal fragmentation) |
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| array VS linked list in terms of memory management (specifically internal fragmentation) |
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| Why is fragmentation unavoidable?? |
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| Why is fragmentation unavoidable?? |
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