Multiple choice technology operating systems

In Memory Management, FRAGMENTATION problem is caused by creation of

  1. Large number of processes

  2. Large number of free holes

  3. Large number of waiting processes

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Memory fragmentation occurs when free memory is split into many small, non-contiguous blocks (holes). As processes allocate and deallocate memory of varying sizes, the free space becomes fragmented. This creates a situation where there's sufficient total free memory but no single block large enough to satisfy a new allocation request. The 'large number of free holes' directly causes this problem.

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