Operating System Crossword
Across
- 4. - Technique for running multiple OS on one machine
- 6. - Time delay between request and response
- 9. - State where processes wait forever for each other
- 10. - Open-source OS based on UNIX
- 12. - Decides which process should run next
- 14. - Used to synchronize access to shared resources
- 15. -High-speed memory for frequently accessed data
- 16. - Basic unit of data storage on secondary memory
- 17. - Instruction given to the OS via shell or interface
- 18. - Moving processes between main memory and disk
- 20. - Number of processes completed in a given time
- 22. - Signal that pauses CPU to handle an event
- 23. - Folder that organizes files in a file system
- 24. - Interface between user and the operating system
Down
- 1. - Divides memory into fixed-size blocks called pages
- 2. - Core part of the OS that controls all operations
- 3. - Unused gaps in memory allocation
- 5. - Running more than one process at a time
- 7. - Smallest unit of CPU execution
- 8. - Initializes the system when power is turned on
- 11. - Program currently being executed
- 13. - Early multitasking, multiuser operating system
- 14. - Mechanism to protect data and system resources
- 19. - Graphical operating system developed by Microsoft
- 21. - Software that communicates with hardware devices