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Apr 10, 2024, 1 min read

Thrashing

Thrashing is the phenomenon when a program accesses more Virtual Memory than than it has physical memory. It will be continually swapping pages between Main Memory and Secondary Memory.

Thrashing is when the system spends most of its time swapping pieces rather than executing instructions.

Resources

  • https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techniques-to-handle-thrashing/

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Backlinks

  • Load Control
  • SE350 - Operating Systems
  • Swap Space

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