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Question: What is major difference between the Historic Unix and the new BSD release of Unix System V in terms of Memory Management?Answer: Historic Unix uses Swapping ? entire process is transferred to the main memory from the swap device, whereas the Unix System V uses Demand Paging ? only the part of the process is moved to the main memory. Historic Unix uses one Swap Device and Unix System V allow multiple Swap Devices. |
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