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When seeking a contiguous block of memory to allocate, the first block that is at least as large as the size being requested is allocated.
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What are the four memory allocation in operating system?
First Fit, Best Fit, Buddy system and Suballocators.
What is next fit?
This an algorithm for memory allocation. first fit will search the free memory's fragments until it finds a fragment that big enough for the allocation. the main problem with first fit is heavy memory fragmentation near the start of the list. next fit developed to solve this issue. just like first fit, just we starting to search for the fragments from the last point we stopped. so, for the first time, it just like first fit but generally from the second time it will start to search from the last position it stopped before.
What is next fit algorithm?
Memory is used more evenly because the search for a free partition does not always start at the beginning of the list (forcing higher use of these partitions and lower use of the partitions at the end of the list).
Distinguish between 1 Best fit and first fit 2 CPU and job scheduler 3 Throughput and turnaround time 4 Contiguous allocation and indexed allocation?
1. Best fit First fit ---- * It searches for the hole that is | * It searches for the hole that is large enough to allocate and | large enough to allocate and checks for the closet in size then | allocates in the first available allocates in the availability. | free space.
First fit and best fit algorithms in OS?
First fit*Scans memory form the beginning and chooses the first available block that is large enough*Fastest*May have many process loaded in the front end of memory that must be searched over when trying to find a free block.
Advantages Disadvantages Best Fit and First Fit?
firstfit works fast.it is easy.more memory waste.time saving. bestfit works slow.it is complex.less memory wastage.time consuming
What is stack memory?
part of memory organized in stack
Which type of memory card can fit into a Sony digital camera DCR-PC3?
This camcorder takes cassettes and so no memory cards fit it.
how do i put my memory card in the camera?
how do i put my memory card in the camera, it won't fit
Will any Mac Computer memory fit into any other brand of computers?
No. Mac memory is made specifically for a Mac. It will not fit in a PC Desktop.
Would a Playstation memory card fit in my dsi?
No.
Does a 2GB memory card fit in a EnV3?
The microSD memory card slot supports up to 16GB
