Question: Consider two processors that are identical except that one has an MMU that uses a single-level page table and the other has an MMU

Consider two processors that are identical except that one has an MMU 

Consider two processors that are identical except that one has an MMU that uses a single-level page table and the other has an MMU with a two-level page table. The Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) works identically in both cases. The same program is run with the same input on each. Explain why a switch between user processes results in a temporarily lowered hit rate in the TLB.

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