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.

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