COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Placing items in a buffer so they can be retrieved by the appropriate device when needed.
A
Spooling
B
Buffer
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The process of placing items in a buffer so they can be retrieved by the appropriate device when needed is called spooling. The most common use of buffering and spooling is print spooling.

Detailed explanation-2: -Basically, buffering in operating system is a method of storing data in a buffer or cache temporarily, this buffered data then can be accessed more quickly as compared to the original source of the data.

Detailed explanation-3: -A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and other computer programs to access hardware functions without needing to know precise details about the hardware being used.

Detailed explanation-4: -A device driver is a specialized software that operates a particular computer-connected device-offering a software interface to the hardware allows operating systems and other computer applications to access hardware functionalities.

Detailed explanation-5: -Buffering is done to cope with a speed mismatch between the producer and consumer of a data stream or to adapt between devices that have different data transfer sizes. Caching − Kernel maintains cache memory which is region of fast memory that holds copies of data.

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