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2. ____ tasks are those that must be run with a fixed cycle.
5. A situation where a low priority task or process is blocking a higher priority task or process.
7. ____ resources can be used by multiple tasks at the same time,
8. The ____ system architecture has two distinct memory sets: one for data, one for instructions.
10. ____ memory allocation is used to manage memory while the system is running

1. Specialized modular organization built for real-time systems using a common set of skeletal facilities
3. The first thread to start executing, usually has the identifier 0. (2 words)
4. A collection of data structures storing meta-data describing the directory structure and files stored within a drive. (2 words)
6. If a memory request results in assigning a block that is only partially used, the unused portion is referred to as ____ fragmentation.
9. Operating systems generally have two modes, user and ____.