In demand paging,when an excessive number of pages are moved back and forth between main memory and secondary storage,it is called ____.
A) swapping
B) faulting
C) paging
D) thrashing

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When too many pages are being constantly swapped in and out of main memory, it can lead to a situation known as thrashing. This can severely impact system performance since it is spending more time moving pages around than actually executing processes. So, option D is the correct answer.

In Demand Paging,when an Excessive Number of Pages Are Moved