Multitasking - Several applications are available at the same time., Time slice - The maximum time a process is allowed to execute in the CPU, on each turn., Queue - A data structure where items are added to the back and removed from the front., Priority - A way to mark a process that is more important, so that it can be executed sooner than others., FIFO - First in first out; a description of a queue., Shortest job first - A scheduling algorithm that works by estimating the time needed to complete each process and then ordering them so that the quickest is done first., Round robin - A scheduling algorithm in which each process is added to a queue. A process is removed from the front of the queue and given a set number of time slices. If, at the end of that time, the process is not complete, it re-joins the back of the queue., Memory pages - A block of memory addresses (RAM) assigned to a process., Virtual memory - Part of the hard disk used to hold the pages (memory blocks) of some processes when RAM gets full.,

Computers 2 - Homework 4.2- Process management

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