DMA steals cycle from the __________.

2022

DMA steals cycle from the __________.

  1. A.

    I/O device or Hard disk

  2. B.

    Physical Memory

  3. C.

    Cache Memory

  4. D.

    Central Processing Unit (CPU)

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Correct answer: D

In cycle stealing, the DMA controller temporarily takes control of the system bus, stealing CPU cycles to transfer data directly between memory and I/O devices.

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