Practice - Handling Thrashing
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Practice Questions
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What is thrashing?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a program runs out of memory.
What defines the working set of a program?
💡 Hint: Consider which pages a program needs to perform its tasks.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a primary cause of thrashing?
💡 Hint: Think about the resources needed for running processes.
True or False: Thrashing means the system is executing processes efficiently.
💡 Hint: Consider how swapping affects processing time.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a system with limited RAM, propose a detailed strategy to reduce thrashing for a memory-intensive application.
💡 Hint: Think about the balance of resource allocation across processes.
Analyze a situation in which a computer typically experiences thrashing and propose an innovative solution.
💡 Hint: Explore multi-tasking efficiency concerning memory limits.
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