What is the difference between a logical or virtual memory address and a physical memory address? [2 marks]

(b) Consider a variable which is bound to a single logical address for the duration of process execution. How is it possible for the variable to be bound to different physical addresses during process execution? [3 marks]

(c) In a demand paging system, what are the factors that can be taken into account when deciding which valid page should be made a victim? [5 marks]

(d) Consider a demand paging system in which hardware can trap unauthorised read or write accesses, but cannot perform any update to use counts or written/dirty bits. How can these be performed efficiently in software? [6 marks]

(e) What is copy-on-write? How can it be implemented in a demand paging system? [4 marks]

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The detailed answer for the above question is provided below a Blocking inputoutput IO operations are those that cause the process to stop and wait until the IO operation has completed before continui... View the full answer