Amit

• Sep 7th, 2018

Yes, RAM makes OS faster. But RAM is just another memory. Benefit of RAM is that commands can be moved in and out of RAM. However, an OS can be designed to run using other type of storage devices as well

Krishna

• Dec 1st, 2014

No We Cant run any Os install In hard drive without Using Ram, Because When We 1st boot up the System It Loaded Some Os File Into RAM and all those Links that Has the Location Of the Data In hard driv...

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Describe how a Semaphore is used in Operating System?

Kishore Rajendra

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• Mar 6th, 2014

Semaphore is an non-negative integer, which is used to provide mutual exclusion to processes trying to access a same resource. For example, if you are copying a file, then you cannot move it to some ...

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• Feb 7th, 2013

Semaphore is a shared binary variable which can take values either 0 or 1. The primary purpose of them is to ensure mutual exclusion property between or among the two or more processes that want to en...

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