1. The Linux Operating System
The process then waits for attention from the processor. ... It uses the processor to run its instruction and the system's physical memory to hold its data. ... Linux must keep track of the process and not let one process monopolize the processor. ... The device controller transfers blocks of data from the buffer storage directly to main memory without CPU intervention. ... When the cache fills up the data that has been unused for the longest time id discarded and a portion of memory is freed. ...
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