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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the best definition of the term ‘paging’?
A
The logical division of memory
B
The organisation of memory into fixed size units
C
The splitting of a large program into a number of procedures
D
The organisation of memory into different sized units
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Paging is a function of memory management where a computer will store and retrieve data from a device’s secondary storage to the primary storage. Memory management is a crucial aspect of any computing device, and paging specifically is important to the implementation of virtual memory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Memory paging is a memory management technique used to control sharing of memory resources belonging to a computer or virtual machine (VM). A computer can address memory beyond the amount physically installed on the system.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Paging, a process address space is broken into fixed sized blocks called pages. In Segmentation, a process address space is broken in varying sized blocks called sections. Operating System divides the memory into pages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: In the operating system, paging is a memory management scheme (MMS) in which memory is divided into pages of fixed size.

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