Belady's anomaly means
2011
Belady's anomaly means
- A.
Page fault rate is constant even on increasing the number of allocated frames
- B.
Page fault rate may increase on increasing the number of allocated frames
- C.
Page fault rate may increase on decreasing the number of allocated frames
- D.
Page fault rate may decrease on increasing the number of allocated frames
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Correct answer: B
Belady's anomaly is a specific phenomenon in operating systems where the page fault rate increases as the number of allocated memory frames increase, particularly with FIFO replacement algorithms.
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