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The data blocks of a very large file in the Unix file system are allocated usingcontinuous allocationlinked allocationindexed allocationan extension of indexed allocation

A computer uses $46\text{-bit}$ virtual address, $32\text{-bit}$ physical address, and a three–level paged page table organization. The page table base register stores th...

A memory page containing a heavily used variable that was initialized very early and is in constant use is removed when(a) LRU page replacement algorithm is used(b) FIFO ...

A process executes the codefork(); fork(); fork();The total number of child processes created is$3$$4$$7$$8$