COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The technique of swapping items between memory and storage is called.
A
caching
B
buffering
C
thrashing
D
paging
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paging. Paging can be defined as a technique which is used for swapping the items. This swapping occurs between the memory and storage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paging is a memory management technique in which the computer stores and retrieves data for usage in the main memory from secondary storage. Swapping is a technique for temporarily removing inactive applications from the computer system’s main memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Terms in this set (25) The technique of swapping items between memory and storage is called . paging.

Detailed explanation-4: -Swapping is a mechanism in which a process can be swapped temporarily out of main memory (or move) to secondary storage (disk) and make that memory available to other processes. At some later time, the system swaps back the process from the secondary storage to main memory.

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