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A thread is

  • lightweight process where the context switching is low
  • lightweight process where the context swithching is high
  • used to speed up paging
  • used in dead locks
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1. The LRU algorithm

  • pages out pages that have been used recently
  • pages out pages that have not been used recently
  • pages out pages that have been least used recently
  • pages out the first page in a given area

2. Macintosh computer uses

  • System 7.0
  • AU/X
  • Xenix
  • none of above

3. Semophores are used to solve the problem of

  • race condition
  • process synchronization
  • mutual exclusion
  • belady problem

4. Which is single user operating system

  • MS-DOS
  • UNIX
  • XENIX
  • LINUX

5. A thread is

  • lightweight process where the context switching is low
  • lightweight process where the context swithching is high
  • used to speed up paging
  • used in dead locks
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