Switching the CPU to another process requires saving the state of the old…

2017

Switching the CPU to another process requires saving the state of the old process and loading the saved state of the new process is called

  1. A.

    mode switch

  2. B.

    process switch

  3. C.

    context switch

  4. D.

    CPU switch

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Correct answer: C

Saving the state of one process and loading the saved state of another process is called a context switch.

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