UNIX Programming and Technical

Q. What is the main goal of the Memory Management?

A. It decides which process should reside in the main memory,
Manages the parts of the virtual address space of a process which is non-core resident,
Monitors the available main memory and periodically write the processes into the swap device to provide more processes fit in the main memory simultaneously.

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Q. What is major difference between the Historic Unix and the new BSD release of Unix System V in terms of Memory Management?

A. Historic Unix uses Swapping entire process is transferred to the main memory from the swap device, whereas the Unix System V uses Demand Paging only the part of the process is moved to the main memory. Historic Unix uses one Swap Device and Unix System V allow multiple Swap Devices
Q. What is a Map?

A. A Map is an Array, which contains the addresses of the free space in the swap device that are allocatable resources, and the number of the resource units available there