Cause of thrashing

Describe cause of thrashing? How does the system detect thrashing? Once it detects thrashing, what can the system do to eliminate this problem? 

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Thrashing is caused by under allocation of the minimum number of pages required by a process, forcing it to continuously page fault. The system can detect thrashing through evaluating the level of CPU utilization as compared to the level of multiprogramming. It can be eliminated by reducing the level of multiprogramming.

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