The term "aging" refers to
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The term "aging" refers to
- A.
booting up the priority of a process in multi-level of queue without feedback.
- B.
gradually increasing the priority of jobs that wait in the system for a long time to remedy infinite blocking.
- C.
keeping track of the following a page has been in memory for the purpose of LRU replacement
- D.
letting job reside in memory for a certain amount of time so that the number of pages required can be estimated accurately.
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Correct answer: B
Aging is a scheduling technique in which the priority of jobs waiting for a long time is gradually increased. This prevents indefinite blocking or starvation.