In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Lemon writ
es:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>t> you write:
>>>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage
>>>to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show this
>>>management...along with how they relate to the management.
>>
>>The OS manages main memory by breaking it up into 8 1/2 by 11 sections of bit
>s
>>called "pages". (The 1/2 is used for parity.)
>
>Yes, but this is not portable. For a better fit, the OS should strive
>to maintain ISO 216 compliance as well, if possible.
Look, I don't think we want to confuse the kid. It's bad enough that the
crossways "8 inches" just refers to a standard octet, but the vertical 11
inches is a 2^N thing. It's worse still that, on most platforms, the page
is really 12 or 13 inches.
I wanted to start him with the easy case.
-s
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