Interview Q&A / Operating Systems
Operating Systems interview questions
Processes, threads, scheduling, memory and deadlocks, in plain words.
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- What is the difference between turnaround time, waiting time and response time?
Turnaround time is completion minus arrival. Waiting time is turnaround minus burst, the total time spent in the ready queue. Response time is the time from arrival to the first time the process gets the CPU.
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