Practice - Description of Fixed Allocation
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Practice Questions
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What is Belady's anomaly?
💡 Hint: Think about how adding more frames might not always help performance.
Describe fixed allocation in your own words.
💡 Hint: Consider how memory is divided among processes.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does Belady's anomaly demonstrate?
💡 Hint: Think about specific algorithms like FIFO.
Fixed allocation means?
💡 Hint: Consider the definitions discussed in class.
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Challenge Problems
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Construct a scenario with a reference string demonstrating at least 9 page faults using fixed allocation with 3 frames, and show the replacement process.
💡 Hint: Track pages and their replacements through FIFO replacement strategy.
Analyze a case where proportional allocation could lead to thrashing if processes require more memory than available.
💡 Hint: Identify maximum allocations possible versus process needs.
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