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Choose the correct description of Thrashing.

Difficulty: Hard

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This Hard Memory & Storage question asks: Choose the correct description of Thrashing. The correct choice is B. A condition where a system spends most of its time swapping data between memory and disk rather than executing useful work.. Read the options below, commit to one, then use the explanation to see why that choice holds and why the others do not.

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Correct answer

B. A condition where a system spends most of its time swapping data between memory and disk rather than executing useful work.

Explanation

A condition where a system spends most of its time swapping data between memory and disk rather than executing useful work option B is the accepted answer to Choose the correct description of Thrashing Option A Memory directly accessible by the CPU such as RAM used to store data currently being processed does not fit this question Option C A storage device that uses integrated circuits to store data persistently with no moving mechanical parts does not fit this question Option D A storage tier typically used for archival purposes such as tape drives that is slower and accessed less frequently does not fit this question For this Memory Storage.

Source: Memory & Storage Official Reference Guide

Tags: computer science, memory, storage, computer hardware

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