Intermediate Operating Systems
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How does segmentation with paging (segmented paging) combine the benefits of both schemes?

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The correct answer is A) It divides each segment into fixed-size pages, giving the logical view and protection benefits of segmentation while using paging to avoid external fragmentation

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It divides each segment into fixed-size pages, giving the logical view and protection benefits of segmentation while using paging to avoid external fragmentation

Explanation

Segmented paging (used in x86 protected mode) lets programmers think in terms of meaningful segments (code, data, stack) for protection and sharing, while the underlying pages of each segment are allocated in fixed-size frames, avoiding the external fragmentation that pure segmentation suffers from.

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