What is busy waiting?

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What is busy waiting?..

Answer / guest

The repeated execution of a loop of code while waiting for
an event to occur is called busy-waiting. The CPU is not
engaged in any real productive activity during this period,
and the process does not progress toward completion.

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What is busy waiting?..

Answer / mesfin adugna

AS i answered the question it is a loop of code while
waiting for an event to occur is called busy waiting. Here
the cpu is interact with.

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What is busy waiting?..

Answer / chitra

It is a techniqe in which a process repeatedly cheaks to see if a condition is true.
(for example while a process is in its critical section,any other process that tries to enter its cs must loop continuously in the entry section.)

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