GATE - 1995 | OS | In a paged segmented scheme of memory management, the segment
Posted on 03-03-2022
GATE - 1995 [Operating System]
Question:
In a paged segmented scheme of memory management, the segment table itself must have a page table because
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A |
the segment table is often too large to fit in one page |
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B |
each segment is spread over a number of pages |
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C |
segment tables point to page table and not to the physical locations of the segment |
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D |
the processor’s description base register points to a page table |
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E |
Both A and B |
Solution:
Option (E) is Correct.
The segment table is often too large to fit in one page. This is true and the segment table can be divided into pages. Thus page table for each segment table, pages are created.
Segment paging is different from paged segmentation.