Belady's anomaly means

2011

Belady's anomaly means

  1. A.

    Page fault rate is constant even on increasing the number of allocated frames

  2. B.

    Page fault rate may increase on increasing the number of allocated frames

  3. C.

    Page fault rate may increase on decreasing the number of allocated frames

  4. 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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