COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Processor scheduling is the allocation of a computer’s processor power to specific tasks. The practice uses the term “scheduling” because it assigns a specific percentage of time the processor is running to individual tasks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Short-term scheduling The short-term scheduler (also known as the CPU scheduler) decides which of the ready, in-memory processes is to be executed (allocated a CPU) after a clock interrupt, an I/O interrupt, an operating system call or another form of signal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Response time is the time spent between the ready state and getting the CPU for the first time. But the waiting time is the total time taken by the process in the ready state. Let’s take an example of a round-robin scheduling algorithm. The time quantum is 2 ms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Short Term Scheduler CPU scheduler selects a process among the processes that are ready to execute and allocates CPU to one of them. Short-term schedulers, also known as dispatchers, make the decision of which process to execute next. Short-term schedulers are faster than long-term schedulers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Job Scheduling vs CPU Scheduling The job scheduling is the mechanism to select which process has to be brought into the ready queue. The CPU scheduling is the mechanism to select which process has to be executed next and allocates the CPU to that process. The job scheduling is also known as the long-term scheduling.