Explain busy waiting in operating system (os)?



Explain busy waiting in operating system (os)?..

Answer / Ajeet Kumar Singh

Busy waiting is a technique used by a process to repeatedly check whether a specific condition is met without using any synchronization primitives. The process enters an infinite loop and continuously checks the condition, consuming CPU cycles unnecessarily. This can lead to poor performance and increased context switching.

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