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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is one of the significant problems with virtual memory?
A
Disk thrashing
B
Disk becomes full
C
Disk threading
D
Disk requires buffering
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thrashing can occur if there is not enough RAM, which will make the computer perform slower. It may take time to switch between applications using virtual memory. It lessens the amount of available hard drive space.

Detailed explanation-2: -In computer science, thrashing occurs when a computer’s virtual memory resources are overused, leading to a constant state of paging and page faults, inhibiting most application-level processing. This causes the performance of the computer to degrade or collapse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thrashing in computing is an issue caused when virtual memory is in use. It occurs when the virtual memory of a computer is rapidly exchanging data for data on hard disk, to the exclusion of most application-level processing.

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