The principal of locality of reference justifies the use of

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The principal of locality of reference justifies the use of

  1. A.

    virtual memory

  2. B.

    interrupts

  3. C.

    main memory

  4. D.

    cache memory

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Correct answer: D

The principle of locality says programs tend to reuse nearby or recently used data/instructions. Cache memory is effective because it exploits this locality.

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