COSC-80 Reviewer

Front

It is a resource manager

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Operating System

Front

The operating system must manage consist of:

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CPU
Memory Space
File-storage Space
I/O Devices

Front

A program in execution

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Process

Front

A process needs certain resources including:

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CPU time

Memory

Files

I/O Devices

Front

It is a passive entity

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program

Front

It is an active entity.

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Process

Front

Multiple program counters, each pointing to the next instruction to execution for a given thread.

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Multithreaded Processes

Front

Processes can potentially execute concurrently - by ________?

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Multiplexing

Front

The OS is responsible for the following activities in connection with process management.

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-Creating and deleting both user and system processes

-scheduling processes and threads on the CPUs

-suspending and resuming processes

- providing mechanisms for process synchronization and communication

-providing mechanisms for process synchronization and communication

Front

It is the central to the operation of a modern computer system.

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Main Memory