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a number that designates a particular memory location
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Address
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a main memory allocation scheme that considers all free blocks and selects for allocation the one that will result in the least amount of wasted space
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Best Fit Memory Allocation
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a register used to store the highest location in memory legally accessible by each program
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Bounds Register
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process of collecting fragments of available memory space into contiguous blocks by moving programs and data in a computer's memory or disk. Also called Garbage Collection.
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Compaction
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process of freeing an allocated resource, whether memory space, a device, a file, or a CPU.
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Deallocation
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a memory allocation scheme in which jobs are given as much memory as they request when they are loaded for processing, thus creating their own partitions in memory.
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Dynamic Partitions
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a situation in which the dynamic allocation of memory creates unusable fragments of free memory between blocks of busy, or allocated, memory.
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External Fragmentation
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a non-preemptive process scheduling policy that handles jobs according to their arrival tine; the first job in the READY queue is processed first.
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First Come First Served (FCFS)
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a main memory allocation scheme that searches from the beginning of the free block list and selects for allocation the first block of memory large enough to fulfill the request.
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First Fit Memory Allocation
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a memory allocation scheme in which main memory is sectioned off, with portions assigned to each job.
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Fixed Partitions
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a situation in which a fixed partition is only partially used by the program; the remaining space within the partition is unavailable to any other job and is therefore wasted.
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Internal Fragmentation
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a unit of memory or storage space equal to 1,024 bytes or 2 to the tenth power
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Kilobyte
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the unit that works directly with the CPU and in which the data and instructions must reside in order to be processed. Also called Random Access Memory (RAM), Primary Storage, or Internal Memory.
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Main Memory
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an empty entry in a list
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Null Entry
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a memory allocation scheme in which the system relocates programs in memory to gather all of the empty blocks and compact them to make one block of memory that's large enough to
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Relocatable Dynamic Partitions
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1) the process of moving a program from one area of memory to another; or (2) the process of adjusting address references in a program, by either software or hardware means, to allow the program to execute correctly when loaded in different sections of memory.
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Relocation
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a register that contains the value that must be added to each address referenced in the program so that it will be able to access the correct memory address after relocation.
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Relocation Register
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another term for fixed partitions
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Static Partitions
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