Practice Fifo Page Replacement (17.1) - FIFO Page Replacement - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What does FIFO stand for?
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Think about the order pages are managed.
Question 2.
Explain what a page fault is.
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Consider the implications of trying to access data.
3Question 3.
What does FIFO stand for?
- First-In-First-Out
- First-In-First-Only
- Fastest-In-First-Out
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Consider how elements are managed in a queue.
4Question 4.
True or False: FIFO replaces the most frequently used page.
- True
- False
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Think about its replacement criteria.
Question 5.
Given a reference string of 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 1 5 2 and 3 page frames, analyze the page replacement strategy using FIFO and calculate the fault rate.
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Count the faults carefully as you might have a mix of hits and misses.
Question 6.
Implement a simulation of FIFO with a different random reference string of your choice. Track the hits and misses, and compare with LRU's performance on the same string.
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Darken the misses versus the hits before judging the performance.

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