Practice Separate Page Tables For Segments (11.4.2) - Lecture – 28: Paging and Segmentation
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Separate Page Tables for Segments

Practice - Separate Page Tables for Segments

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Question 1 Easy

What are the two parts of a virtual address?

💡 Hint: Think about how addresses are structured.

Question 2 Easy

What does the valid bit in a page table entry indicate?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens if it's set to 0.

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Question 1

What does the term 'valid bit' refer to in a page table?

Presence of the page in physical memory
Size of the page table
Type of segment

💡 Hint: Remember its role in memory management.

Question 2

True or False: Separate page tables for segments allow for more efficient memory management.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about logical organization of data.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a memory management system using separate page tables for a computing process that uses dynamic memory allocation extensively. Discuss the advantages and possible challenges.

💡 Hint: Consider the memory needs of your processes.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a scenario where a valid bit transition from 0 to 1 occurs. Explain what steps the operating system might take in this scenario.

💡 Hint: Think about how pages are loaded into memory.

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