Operating systems employ a technique called ________ to prevent indefinite postponement—as a thread waits in the ready state, the operating system gradually increases the thread’s priority to ensure that the thread will eventually run.
a. incrementing
b. prioritizing
c. maturing
d. aging
D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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