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1.   The _________ is a program that manages the computer’s resources, provides services for programmers, and schedules the execution of other programs.

2.   Three key interfaces in a typical computer system are:  instruction set architecture, application programming interface, and ___________.

3.   The __________ , or nucleus, contains the most frequently used functions in the OS.

4.   In an _________ system the user/programmer interacts directly with the computer, usually through a keyboard/display terminal to request the execution of a job or to perform a transaction.

5.   A _________ system groups the user’s program with programs for other users and is submitted by a computer operator, with results being printed out for the user upon completion of the program.

6.   Early computer systems presented two main problems:  setup time and _____.

7.   The portion of the monitor that must always be in main memory and available for execution is referred to as the __________.

8.   The technique where memory is expanded to hold three, four, or more programs and switch among all of them is __________, (or multitasking).

9.   In a _________ system multiple users simultaneously access the system through terminals, with the OS interleaving the execution of each user program in a short burst or quantum of computation.

10.    The five defined states for a process are:  new, ready, waiting, halted, and ________.

11.    Each process is represented in the OS by a ___________, which typically contains identifier, state, priority, program counter, memory pointers, context data, I/O status information, and accounting information.

12.   Because a process executes only in main memory, that memory is referred to as __________.

13.    __________ allows the programmer to view memory as consisting of multiple address spaces or segments.

14.    When the processor executes a process it automatically converts from logical to physical address by adding the current starting location of the process, called its __________, to each logical address.

15.   _________ paging means that each page of a process is brought in only when it is needed.
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