External fragmentation is commonly associated with which memory allocation…
2025
External fragmentation is commonly associated with which memory allocation technique?
- A.
Contiguous memory allocation
- B.
Paging
- C.
Segmentation with paging
- D.
Non-contiguous memory allocation
- E.
Virtual memory
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Correct answer: A
Correct answer: Contiguous memory allocation.
External fragmentation occurs when free memory is split into separated holes and no single continuous block is large enough for a request. This is a classic issue in variable-sized contiguous allocation.