Intermediate
Operating Systems
Q67 / 100
What problem does the "aging" technique solve in priority scheduling?
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The correct answer is B) It prevents starvation by gradually increasing the priority of processes that have waited a long time
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Correct Answer
It prevents starvation by gradually increasing the priority of processes that have waited a long time
Explanation
In pure priority scheduling, low-priority processes can wait indefinitely if higher-priority ones keep arriving. Aging incrementally raises the priority of waiting processes so that, eventually, every process is guaranteed to run.
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