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Question
What is System Call ? List any two System Calls for Memory Management, Process Management and Information Management.
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Solution
System calls : System call provides the interface between process and the operating system. These calls are generally available as assembly language instructions.
List of system calls for memory management :
1. To allocate a chunk of memory to a process.
2. To free chunk of memory from a process.
List of system calls for information management :
1. Create a file
2. Create a directory
List of system calls for process management :
1. Read a process
2. Block a process
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