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What are 3 major activities of an os regard to memory management?
1.keeping track of which parts of memory are currently being used and by whom. 2.decide which process is to be loaded in memory when the space is available. 3.allocate and deallocate memory space as needed.
3Explain the function of OS in memory management?
function of memory management
What is meant by primary memory and secondary memory?
Prymary memory is volatile memory. There is have also 2 sub memory.Like RAM & ROM.Starting (OS) cold position to Starting (OS) hot position. Secondary memory is non volatile memory.(HDD)
What is the minium and recommended memory requirement for the OS your system is running?
It would depend on the version you are running. If the OS was preinstalled it should be fine. You can check the requirements on the Microsoft website.
How The size of a process in primary memory is known to the OS?
Processes need to request memory allocation from the operating system. The OS keeps track of these resources as they are used.
Who allocates the memory?
Allocation is performed by OS while memory detection is done by BIOS.
What happen when you push the on button of your PC in what procedure what happens in memory?
It depends on what is in your settings. When you press any botton OS generates an event, and depending on your settings the OS after analysing which botton you pressed and checking it's setings it responses in the way which it was programmed.
What is the memory limitation for a 64- bit OS?
2GB
Is the OS in a cell phone stored in ram?
No, RAM is never permanent memory. It's the random memory that is cleared out. The OS is always stored in the actual harddrive of a device.
What is the memory limitation of a 32 bit os?
a 32-bit OS is limited to 4 Gigabytes of ram
What is the memory limitation for a 32bit DVD as well as a 64bit DVD?
32-bit OS can only hold up to 4GB of memory. 64-bit OS can hold up to 1TB of memory, most motherboards can only hold from 12 to 16GB of memory.
Is cache memory equal to virtual memory?
No! ; Cache memory is integrated in the CPU. Virtual memory is a part of the hard drive that the OS use as ram memory, when running out of real ram memory.
