Intermediate
Operating Systems
Q51 / 100
What is the difference between eager and lazy loading in virtual memory?
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The correct answer is C) Eager loads all pages at process start; lazy (demand paging) loads only when referenced
C
Correct Answer
Eager loads all pages at process start; lazy (demand paging) loads only when referenced
Explanation
Eager (prepaging) loads pages into memory proactively. Demand paging (lazy) loads pages only on fault. Modern systems use demand paging with working-set prefetching.
Progress
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