Operating Systems Concepts - Engineering

Q1:

Memory management is :

A not used in modern operating system

B replaced with virtual memory on current systems

C not used on multiprogramming systems

D critical for even the simplest operating systems

E None of the above

ANS:D - critical for even the simplest operating systems

Memory management is the process of controlling and coordinating a computer's main memory. It ensures that blocks of memory space are properly managed and allocated so the operating system (OS), applications and other running processes have the memory they need to carry out their operations.