A process is ____________________
A program in Execution.
An asynchronous activity.
The 'dispatchable' unit.
All A, B, C
Correct Answer :
D. All A, B, C
Related Questions
Transparent RPC mechanism refers to :
Existance of multuple computer visible and a provide a single system image to its users.
It runs the program transparently.
It is a technique to shift the program to other computer.
It is technique in which local procedures and remote procedures are indistinguishable to programmers.
A process may create a new process by executing ___________system call.
init
fork
create
new
The find command is different from most UNIX commands in that each of the argument expressions following the beginning path name is considered a _____________
action expression
Boolean expression.
Boolean constant
Search qualifiers
______________ are popular way to improve application through parallelism.
Processes
Threads
Context switching
none of these
Bootstrapping is also known as ______
cold-hot boot
hot boot
hot strap
cold boot
In ________________________ each node periodically sends a message to the time server.
Passive Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Active Time Server Centralized Algorithm
Global Averaging Distributed Algorithms
Localized Averaging Distributed Algorithms
_________, as a feature of good distributed file system, clients should be able to continue working if a file server crashes. Likewise, data must not be lost and a restarted file server must be able to recover to a valid state.
Scalability
Reliability
Flexibility
Fault tolerance
The time taken by the Dispatcher to stop one process and start another running is known as _________________.
Turnaround time
Dispatch Latency
Access time
Response time
In layered approach each layer uses the functions and services of ------------------
kernel
lower-level layers
higher-level layers
all of these
_______refers to the block size of the DSM system, i.e. to the units of sharing and the unit of data transfer across the network when a network block fault occurs.
Granularity
Coherence
Abstraction
Synchronization
What is the function of radio button?
To select multiple option
To select single option
To select all option
All of above
Which of the following is suitable after you install new drivers?
Hibernate
Sleep
Restart
Shut Down
Load balancing algorithms in ______________ class use the processor and process characteristics to allocate processes to nodes.
Static
Dynamic
Deterministic
Probabilistic
Objects location is found by _________________
Broadcasting
Encoding Location of objects within UID
Searching creator node first and then broadcasting
All A, B, C
You can move a window to a different position on your screen by dragging it by its
Tail
Move handle
Status bar
Title bar
The two sub systems of user mode layer of windows 2000 are _________ and __________
excel, executive
environment, integral
orbit , kernel
Kernel , executive
SRM stands for
Security Resource Manager
Secret Resource Manager
Security Reference Monitor
Security Reference Manual
A small part of taskbar that has icons of background running applications is
Start button
Quick launch
Task bar
System tray
Most accurate global time is based on oscillations of the ______________
Cesium-130 atom
Cesium-133 atom
Cesium-136 atom
Cesium-139 atom
Recently deleted files are stored in
Taskbar
Desktop
My computer
Recycle bin
IPC stands for _________
Integrated parallel communication
Intermediate process call
Internal program call
Inter process communication
BSD stands for_____________________
Basic Software Division
Berkeley Software Distribution
British Software Distribution
Berkeley Software data
The date and time displays on
Taskbar
Launch pad
Status bar
System tray
The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not
Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
There are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
Any programmer can modify Linux code which is not permitted with Windows
_____________typically contains temporary data such as subroutine parameter, return address, and temporary variables.
Current value of Program Counter
Value of the variables
The process stack
A data section
A standard UNIX system includes a set of ___________ and a set of ___________.
Commands ,files
Libraries, Applications
Libraries, files
Files, Applications
In case of ________________the server automatically copies files to other servers after the files are written.
Explicit replication
Implicit replication
Lazy file replication
Group file replication
Taskbar is used for
Navigation program
Start a program
Switching between program
All of above
The _____________ are based on modification of the original message in some manner, or on creation of a false message.
Passive attack
Release of message content attack
Traffic analysis attack
Active attack
The early ARPAnet is an example of a distributed computing system based on the ________________.
Minicomputer model
Workstation model
Hybrid model
Processor pool model