The technique of operating system to temporary remove inactive programs from…

2024

The technique of operating system to temporary remove inactive programs from memory of computer system:

Answer: C. SwappingSwapping is the operating system technique used to temporarily remove inactive programs from main memory by moving them to secondary storage. This process…

  1. A.

    Scheduling

  2. B.

    Slicing

  3. C.

    Swapping

  4. D.

    Kernel

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Correct answer: C

Swapping is the operating system technique used to temporarily remove inactive programs from main memory by moving them to secondary storage. This process frees up RAM space for active processes, unlike scheduling which manages CPU time allocation.

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