The ability to execute a program that is only partially in memory has benefits like

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• The essential difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
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• The                program initializes all aspects of the system, from CPU registers to device controllers and the contents of main memory, and then starts the operating system.
• What is the high speed memory between the main memory and the CPU called?
• The address loaded into the memory address register of the memory is referred to as                          
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• Memory management technique in which system stores and retrieves data from secondary storage for use in main memory is called?
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