Most OS allocate a page table for each process. A pointer to the page table is stored in the PCB of the process. When the dispatcher start a process, it must reload the user registers and define the correct hardware page table from the stored user page-table. Hardware Page Table The hardware page table can … Read more
Paging allows the physical address space of a process to be non-contiguous. It avoids the external fragmentation and there is no need for compaction. Fragmentation problem affects the backing store (disk) of the main memory where processes are swapped in or out. The compaction is not possible due to the slow access speed of the … Read more
The contiguous memory allocation uses memory partitions to allocate memory. These partitions could be fixed or variable size partitions allocated according to first fit, best fit, or wort fit method. The memory fragmentation is a common problem that affects these partition memory allocation system. Contiguous Memory Contiguous memory allocation is a method of allocating memory … Read more
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