What is Round robin scheduling primarily used for?
- A. A user interface that allows users to interact with the operating system by issuing commands.
- B. The inefficient use of memory that occurs when free space is broken into small, scattered blocks.
- C. A CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order. ✓
- D. The process of moving a process temporarily from main memory to disk to free up memory for other processes.
Correct answer
C. A CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order.
Explanation
Round robin scheduling refers to a CPU scheduling algorithm that assigns a fixed time slice to each process in a cyclic order.