Interview Question
Created by admin on Sat, 17/11/2012 - 17:32
Question:
What is the resident set and working set of a process?
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Answer:
Resident set is that portion of the process image that is actually in real-memory at a particular instant. Working set is that subset of resident set that is actually needed for execution. (Relate this to the variable-window size method for swapping techniques.