Introduction to Operating System Question Answer

Moving process from a main memory to a disk is called


Moving process from a main memory to a disk is called

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Topic : Introduction to Operating System

A. Scheduling

B. Caching

C. Swapping

D. Spooling




Correct Answer

C. Swapping


Explanation :

The process of moving data from main memory (RAM - Random Access Memory) to a disk is called "paging out" or "swapping out." This activity is part of a computer's virtual memory management system. When a computer's physical RAM is insufficient to hold all the currently executing programs and data, the operating system may use a portion of the hard disk (or other storage) as virtual memory.