Multiple choice

A ______ is a collection of information that may be exchanged between a sending process and a receiving process.

  1. monitor

  2. message

  3. deadlock

  4. none of these

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B Correct answer
Explanation

A message is the fundamental unit of information exchanged between processes in inter-process communication (IPC). The sender process sends a message containing data, and the receiver process reads it. Monitors are synchronization constructs, not data units, while deadlock is a condition where processes wait indefinitely.