Question 1: What do you mean by the term fragmentation? What is the basic difference between internal and external fragmentation? Illustrate the variable partitioned memory management? Describe by using appropriate example.
Question 2: What do you mean by the term memory compaction? What are its advantages and drawbacks? Describe.
Question 3: What are the various problems with memory compaction? Describe by using appropriate examples.
Question 4: Illustrate the term buddy system? How does it facilitate the memory compaction? Describe its benefits and drawbacks. Use appropriate examples.
Question 5: Describe the advantages and drawbacks of the variable partitioned memory management scheme over the fixed partitioned memory management scheme.
Question 6: What do you mean by the term position independent coding? What are its benefits? Describe.
Question 7: Distinguish between the First-fit and Next-fit allocation algorithms.
Question 8: Compare the fixed partitioned memory management with variable partitioned memory management in terms of the dilemma of fragmentation.