The controller can access memory in memory cycles which are not used by the particular bank of memory into which the DMA controller is writing data. This approach, called _________
interrupting
cycle stealing
swapping
paging
Correct Answer :
B. cycle stealing
Related Questions
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
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in
RAM
ROM
The CPU
Memory Cache
Underlined text, such as text and folder names is referred to as
Hyperlink
Menu
Source drive
None of these
A program to be executed must be in ---------------
main memory
secondary memory
virtual memory
Read only memory
Recently deleted files are stored in
Taskbar
Desktop
My computer
Recycle bin
______________ selects a process from among the ready processes to execute on the CPU.
CPU Scheduler
Loader
Dispatcher
Compiler
Identify the distributed computing model from the following statement. In this model, the user's processes need not be migrated to the server machines for getting the work done by those machines.
Minicomputer model
Workstation model
Workstation-Server model
Processor pool model
______________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
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
Whenever you move a directory from one location to another
The directory is moved the source file is not moved
All the subdirectory inside that directory are moved
All files inside the directory are moved
Both b and c
The two sub systems of user mode layer of windows 2000 are _________ and __________
excel, executive
environment, integral
orbit , kernel
Kernel , executive
In_________________ model, when a process does a release access, the contents of all the modifications are not immediately sent to other nodes but they are sent only on demand.
Release Consistency Model
Lazy Release consistency model
Weak Consistency Model
Processor Consistency Model
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.
____ runs on a computer hardware and serves as a platform for other system to run on
System software
Operating system
Application system
All of above
Which components appear in the initial windows start up display?
Dialog box
Task bar
Start menu
All of the above
A sequence of instructions telling the computer what to do is called a_____________
program
language
translator
package
A page fault occurs when
the page is not found in the memory
the page is found in the memory
the Segmentation starts
the Deadlock happens
Initialization of I/O devices is part of the_________.
CPU
MSDOS
UNIX kernel
None of the above
PVM stands for
Parallel Virtual Machine
Parallel Virtual Message
Process Virtual Machine
Process Virtual Monitor
One of the wonderful things about UNIX is its ___________names.
Unlimited path
Unlimited directory
Limited path
Limited file
DSM stands for______________
Direct shared memory
Direct system memory
Distributed shared memory
Distributed system memory
When a child dies, it sends a _______________signal to its parent.
SIGCHLD
EDEADLK
WNOHANG
SEDECHLD
_______________occurs when two or more execution flows are able to run simultaneously.
Deadlock
Concurrency
race condition
interrupt
The Network Time Protocol is similar to _______________algorithm in that synchronization is also performed using time servers and an attempt is made to correct for communication latencies.
Banker's
Divide and conquer's
Cristians
Xdelta's
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
Having data belonging to two independent processes in the same page is called____________.
Buffering
Blocking
Message-passing
False sharing
RPN stands for
Reverse Polish Notation
Record Police Notation
Record Polish Notation
Reverse Police Negation
The early ARPAnet is an example of a distributed computing system based on the ________________.
Minicomputer model
Workstation model
Hybrid model
Processor pool model
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.