Practice - Virtual Address to Physical Address Translation
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Practice Questions
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What is a page fault?
💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between virtual addresses and physical memory.
Define page table.
💡 Hint: Think of a mapping guide for memory.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What happens during a page fault?
💡 Hint: Think about what causes delays in memory access.
True or False: The dirty bit indicates whether a page has been modified.
💡 Hint: Consider what 'dirty' means in terms of memory operations.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a process with an address space requiring 50 KB of data, calculate how many pages of size 16 KB will be needed, and how much internal fragmentation will occur.
💡 Hint: Consider how many complete pages fit within the address space.
Analyze a scenario where a process frequently accesses certain pages and implement a page replacement algorithm to minimize page faults. Discuss how your strategy changes with varying access patterns.
💡 Hint: Monitor the access sequence and compare it with your replacement policy.
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