Computer Science Ques 723
Question: After a user has saved and deleted many files, many scatter ad areas of stored data remain that are too small to be used efficiency, causing
Options:
A) Disorder
B) Turmoil
C) Disarray
D) Fragmentation
E) None of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
- Fragmentation occurs when a process which are loaded or removed from memory. The free memory space is broken in to little pieces, such type of pieces may or may not be of any use to be allocated individually to any process. This may give rise to memory wastage or fragmentation. So, it is a phenomenon in which storage space is used inefficiently, reducing capacity & often performance.