Term
| What is the function of the medium term scheduler? |
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Definition
| remove processes from memory and later, the process can be reintroduced into memory, continuing execution where it left off. This is called swapping. |
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Term
| What is a “context switch” |
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Definition
| Saving the state of the current process and restoring a different process |
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Term
| If a parent process creates a child process, what two possibilities exist in term of execution for the parent? |
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Definition
| The parent continues to execute concurrently with its children
The parent waits until some or all of its children have terminated |
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Term
| Which of the following is a typical reason to terminate a child process? |
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Definition
| The child has exceeded its usage of the resources it has been allocated
The task assigned to the child is no logner required
The parent is exiting |
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Term
| Which of the following is a reason to implement cooperation between processes? |
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Definition
Information sharing
Computation speedup
Modularity
convenience |
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