Computer Science · Operating Systems
External fragmentation occurs in an operating system's memory management when:
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- 1Total memory space exists to satisfy a request, but it is non-contiguous, broken into small scattered holes.✓
- 2Total memory space exists to satisfy a request and is completely contiguous, yet cannot be allocated.
- 3The assigned memory block is slightly larger than the requested memory, leaving unused space inside the block.
- 4The virtual memory address space exceeds physical memory capacity completely.
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Total memory space exists to satisfy a request, but it is non-contiguous, broken into small scattered holes.
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