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What are the responsibilities of operating system secondary storage?
-> memory management -> catching -> pooling
Where does operating system reside?
The operating system resides in secondary memory i.e., hard disk.when we boot our computer it is loaded into Primary memory i.e.,RAM and then loaded,this process is called booting
How does the operating system moves files from secondary storage to main memory?
it gets a bunch of people to carry it there
Is RAM is a primary memory or secondary memory?
its primary or main memory. all the programs(active or programs currently running on the processor) including operating system reside in RAM .
Is the secondary storage faster than main memory?
No. The secondary storage is typically slowerthan primary storage. But the secondary storage has higher capacity than primary storage.
What is dirty page in operating system?
A data can be retrieved from the secondary storage for use in main memory, but if we edit the data and not save the data in to the secondary storage, it is termed as a dirty page.
When an operating system uses secondary storage to store programs in RAM during execution of those programs is called?
virtual memory
What is size range of secondary memory?
size range of secondary memory
What program in an OS coordinates the memories by tracking which one is available which is to be allocated or deallocated and how to swap between the main memory and secondary memories?
The memory manager is the program responsible for managing memory allocation and deallocation in an operating system. It keeps track of which memory is available and allocates it to processes based on their needs. It also handles swapping data between main memory and secondary storage when the system runs low on physical memory.
What is the significance of ''process''in an operating system environment?
Process is a programm under execution in main memory. Or in other world when a user wants to execute a programm which resides on secondary memory it must be placed in to the primary memory for the execution then it is called as process.
Is system operation is the process of operating system?
Process is a programm under execution in main memory. Or in other world when a user wants to execute a programm which resides on secondary memory it must be placed in to the primary memory for the execution then it is called as process.
What is meant by secondary computer memory?
Usually the hard drives are considered secondary. The RAM (Random Access Memory) is the primary memory.
