Which of the following system calls is used to have a new program loaded into the new process's memory space?
A) fork()
B) exec()
C) wait()
D) exit()

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The exec() system call is used to replace the current process image with a new process image. It loads the new program into the memory space of the current process, effectively replacing the old program with the new one. The fork() system call creates a new process by duplicating the calling process, but does not load a new program into memory. The wait() system call waits for a child process to finish executing, and the exit() system call terminates the current process.

Which of the Following System Calls Is Used to Have