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A series of statements explaining how the data is to be processed is called

  • instruction
  • compiler
  • program
  • interpretor
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1. Dirty bit is used to show

  • Page with corrupted data
  • Wrong page in memory
  • Page that is modified after being loaded in the cache memory
  • page that is less frequently accessed

2. 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

3. Which is single user operating system

  • MS-DOS
  • UNIX
  • XENIX
  • LINUX

4. Remote computing services involves the use of timesharing and

  • multiprocessing
  • interactive processing
  • batch processing
  • real time processing

5. In which scheduling policies, context switching never takes place

  • FCFS
  • round robin
  • Shortest job first
  • Pre-empitive
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