COMPUTER SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
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What is the best definition of the term segmentation?
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The organisation of fixed sized memory blocks
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The logical division of memory blocks
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The physical division of memory blocks
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The logical division of a hard disk into partitions
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Segmentation divides the user program and the secondary memory into uneven-sized blocks known as Segments. Segmentation in OS can be divided into two types namely-Virtual Memory Segmentation and Simple Segmentation. A Segment Table is used to store the information of all segments of the currently executing process.
Detailed explanation-2: -Memory segmentation describes the system of segmenting processes and loading the information into non-contiguous spaces in memory. This allows for better efficiency in memory management. Though the system incurs external fragmentation it allows for smaller chunks of segmented processes to be loaded.
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