Answer Posted / al hinai
A context switch is the computing process of saving and
restoring the state (context) of a CPU such that multiple
processes can share a single CPU resource. The context
switch is an essential feature of a multitasking operating
system.
Context switches are usually time consuming and much of the
design of operating systems is to minimize the time of
context switches.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 2 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
Explain critical section?
Explain the architectural differences between user-space threads, and kernel-supported threads?
Explain what is protection boundary?
Explain the different kinds of threads?
Explain how to work unix commands on windows xp without installing unix o/s in pc?
Explain what are the main families of threads?
What is the window of the working set of a process?
List the system calls used for process management?
Explain what are threads?
Tell me when should we use thread-safe "_r" library calls?
Explain what is critical section?
What is the working set of a process?
explain about the initial process sequence while the system boots up?
How to work unix commands on windows xp without installing unix o/s in pc?
Explain the performance differences between user-space threads and kernel-supported threads.?
