IDL stands for_____________________
Integrated Data library
Isolated Data Library
Interface Data Language
Interface Definition Language
Correct Answer :
D. Interface Definition Language
Related Questions
One of the wonderful things about UNIX is its ___________names.
Unlimited path
Unlimited directory
Limited path
Limited file
The usual su command syntax is
su-pwd
su-pd
su - userID
Sue- ID
An orphan process is automatically inherited by the _____and becomes a _______ of this process.
'init' process, father
'init' process, child
'initial process, father
'it' process, child
The problem with logical dumping is ________________
very costly
very slow
human errors
all of these
The operating system is the most common type of ___ Software
System
Application
Word processing software
Communication
What is the function of radio button?
To select multiple option
To select single option
To select all option
All of above
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
RAM
ROM
The CPU
Memory Cache
In___________, the requesting device or devices assert the signal bus_request.
Priority encoded arbitration
Distributed arbitration by self-selection
Priority arbitration
Daisy chain arbitration
______________is responsible for allocating primary memory to processes and for assisting the programmer in loading and storing the contents of the primary memory.
Operating system
Memory manager
Database administrator
RAM
In Multics, a process could have up to 256K segments, but each segment was limited to ___________ 64K words.
64K
32K
1024K
112K
What do you mean by 0-reliable level in multicast communication?
Multiple responses is expected from any receivers.
No response is expected from any receivers.
Multiple responses is expected from multiple receivers.
A multicast message is received by all the members of the group or none.
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.
When a peripheral device needs immediate attention from the operating system, it generates a(n)
Page file
Spool
Stack
Interrupt
______________ occurs when multiple processes or threads read and write data items so that the final result depends on the order of execution of instructions in the multiple processes.
Race condition
Mutual exclusion
Exception
Interrupt
______________ refers to the technology in which some space in hard disk is used as an extension of main memory.
Cache memory
Paging
Virtual memory
Associative memory
The date and time displays on
Taskbar
Launch pad
Status bar
System tray
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
All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory EXCEPT
Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory
The setting for the amount of hard disk drive space to allocate virtual memory can be manually change
This temporary storage is called the swap file or page file
Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard drive
Process migration involves__________________
Selection of a process to be migrated
Selection of destination system or node
Actual transfer of the selected process to the destination system or node
All A, B, C
______________approach simplifies debugging and system verification.
Kernel
Layered
Extended
Virtual machine
A _____________is a collection of processors that do not share memory, peripheral devices,or a clock.
Computer system
distributed system
network
None of the above
In case of good process migration mechanism, _____________ means failure of any node other than the one on which the process is running should not affect the execution of the process.
Robustness
Efficiency
Transparent
Interference
Which of the following is/are external commands?
Edit
Label
Sys
All of above
In ____________ location policies a random node is polled to check its state and the task is transferred if it will not be overloaded; polling is continued until a suitable node is found.
Threshold
Shortest
Bidding
Pairing
Pick the wrong statement from the following.
UNIX systems originally came with a command interpreter called the Bourne Shell.
The cat command takes any characters from standard input, and then echoes them to standard output.
A pipe is a means of taking the output of one command and directing it as another command.
The manual entry is called a man page, even though it is often more than one page long.
RPN stands for
Reverse Polish Notation
Record Police Notation
Record Polish Notation
Reverse Police Negation
Initialization of I/O devices is part of the_________.
CPU
MSDOS
UNIX kernel
None of the above
The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
Name of the file
Extension of the file
The amount of memory in your computer
All of above
You can use print manage window
To cancel the print job
To check status of files in the print queue
To interrupt printing
All of the above
The algorithm should be scalable i.e. _____________.
The system should not enter a state in which nodes spend all their time migrating processes or exchanging control messages without doing any useful work.
The system should be able to handle small and large networked systems.
The algorithm should not be affected by the crash of one or more nodes in the system.
The process assignment decisions should be based on the current load of the system and not on some fixed static policy.