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What is multi tasking, multi programming, multi threading?

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Multi programming: Multiprogramming is the technique of running several programs at a time using timesharing. It allows a computer to do several things at the same time. Multiprogramming creates logical parallelism. The concept of multiprogramming is that the operating system keeps several jobs in memory simultaneously. The operating system selects a job from the job pool and starts executing a job, when that job needs to wait for any i/o operations the CPU is switched to another job. So the main idea here is that the CPU is never idle. 


Multi tasking: Multitasking is the logical extension of multiprogramming .The concept of multitasking is quite similar to multiprogramming but difference is that the switching between jobs occurs so frequently that the users can interact with each program while it is running. This concept is also known as time-sharing systems. A time-shared operating system uses CPU scheduling and multiprogramming to provide each user with a small portion of time-shared system. 


Multi threading: An application typically is implemented as a separate process with several threads of control. In some situations a single application may be required to perform several similar tasks for example a web server accepts client requests for web pages, images, sound, and so forth. A busy web server may have several of clients concurrently accessing it. If the web server ran as a traditional single-threaded process, it would be able to service only one client at a time. The amount of time that a client might have to wait for its request to be serviced could be enormous. So it is efficient to have one process that contains multiple threads to serve the same purpose. This approach would multithread the web-server process, the server would create a separate thread that would listen for client requests when a request was made rather than creating another process it would create another thread to service the request. To get the advantages like responsiveness, Resource sharing economy and utilization of multiprocessor architectures multithreading concept can be used.

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What is a shell?

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A shell is an interactive user interface to an operating system services that allows an user to enter commands as character strings or through a graphical user interface. The shell converts them to system calls to the OS or forks off a process to execute the command. System call results and other information from the OS are presented to the user through an interactive interface. Commonly used shells are sh,csh,ks etc.

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Q:

The oldest oil refinery in India is at

A) Haldia B) Digboi
C) Rajpur D) Noonmati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Digboi

Explanation:

Digboi, in Assam is where the oldest oil refinery in India. It was build in 1901.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
I (have done) my exercises when keshav came to see me.

A) had done B) done
C) doing D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had done

Explanation:
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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Akshay kumar being a (1)/ good actor he is (2)/ presented with the National Award. (3)/ No Error (4)/

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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What is the HELLO protocol used for?

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The HELLO protocol uses time instead of distance to determine optimal routing. It is an alternative to the Routing


Information Protocol.

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Who wrote the first history book?

A) Herodotus B) Euclid
C) Julius Caesar D) Aristotle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Herodotus

Explanation:

Herodotus, a Greek author written the first history book in 5th century B.C.

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The concept of due process refers to

A) banking B) justice
C) politics D) economy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) justice

Explanation:

Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person.

Therefore, due process refers to the criminal justice system operating within the bounds of the law.

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