Final Concepts Cont Flashcards
0
Q
How does the OS detect deadlock?
A
The OS looks for cycles in the process resource
1
Q
What is deadlock?
A
Circular wait
2
Q
What occurs in context switching?
A
Every process is given a time quanta, all the data is stored in the PCB
3
Q
Process Control Block
A
Has process status, register contents, contents of all variables, pointers to open files, the I/O resources that are in use
