If a system has 128 MB RAM and 1 GB hard Disk, and a process decides to use its fully allotted Virtual Memory 2^32 - 2GB = 2 GB, How is it practically possible?
A microprocessor can execute simple machine level instructions. For example: LDA 100 means load the accumulator with the contents of storage location 100. Show the sequence of events when a microprocessor
What are Batch Operating System and a Time-Sharing Operating System?
Latest Answer: Batch operating system are those where we collect similar kind of process make a batch and than submitted to processor to process.
Time sharing where processor jumps between process when a process in its input
session or output session processor jumps ...
What are the security features in Windows 2000 OS?
Latest Answer: Windows 2000 OS contain so many features some of features are:1. Converting NTFS format2. Disabling TCP/IP and IIS3. Securing guest and administrator account4. Creating a local security policy5. Creating groups6. Disable sharing ...
What is the function of resource allocator in Operating System?
Latest Answer: Resource allocator is a module of the operating system that is used to assign the resources to the processes that reqoested those resources in an economical way so that the utilization of resources is optimal. ...
Describe how a Semaphore is used in Operating System?
Latest Answer: Semaphores provide mutual exclusion. They are used for process sync and are used to resolve deadlock conditions.
They are used in pairs basically wait() and signal().Commonly used semaphore is mutex() ...
Can you format the C drive without any media device? if yes how, and if no why?
Latest Answer: C drive can be formatted if it doesnt contain any operating system files, that means no OS is installed in C If OS is installed in C formatting may lead to system crashAnother way to format is to reboot system and enter the Windows CD and it will ask ...
Why Banker's algorithm to avoid deadlock is called so?
Latest Answer: After the installation of so many networks newly in the bank, there was a new need to avoid the deadlock at that situation. this is not a joke, its true. the algorithm's main intention is allocate available resources basing on the available ...
If there is a cycle then it is necessary that it will be in deadlock? Elaborate
Latest Answer: Cycle in Resource Allocation Graph (RAG) does not mean dead lock. It is the necessary condition but not the sufficient condition to check for dead lockonly if the resource has single instance then we can say that cycle in RAG means deadlock. ...
What is the difference between process and program? Is this difference important in single process operating system? Why? Why not?
Latest Answer: Program is passive entity. After executing the program it becomes process, means it is active entity. ...
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