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What is sticky bit?

  1. It is a file permission that allows the program's text part to stay in swap memory after its execution

  2. UNIX don’t have sticky bit

  3. It’s a Linux only feature

  4. None of above

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Explanation

Historically, the sticky bit on executable files instructed the operating system to retain the program's text segment in swap memory after execution to speed up subsequent loads.