Distinguish between a scheduling policy and a scheduling mechanism.

What will be an ideal response?


The policy is the set of rules or the strategy to be used by a particular level of scheduler. The mechanism is the actual system routine(s) that implement the policy. The policy can sometimes appear to be a loosely stated qualitative objective such as “favor I/O-bound processes.”The mechanism is normally a highly specific algorithm with precise quantitative values.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Changing the original text into a secret message using cryptography is known as __________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following is not one of the Cortana commands you can use to customize how Cortana works for each user?

A. Notebook B. Reminders C. Email D. Feedback

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Which operator has the highest precedence?

A. exponent (^) B. NOT (!) C. multiplication (*) D. AND (&&)

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