By compacting and relocating, the Memory Manager optimizes the use of memory and thus improves throughput, but an unfortunate side effect is more ____.
A) null entries
B) segmentation
C) errors
D) overhead

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Compacting and relocating memory involves moving segments of memory around in order to optimize usage. This process requires additional overhead, as the system must keep track of where each segment has been moved to. Therefore, the unfortunate side effect of compacting and relocating memory is more overhead, not null entries, segmentation, or errors.

By Compacting and Relocating, the Memory Manager Optimizes the Use