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Top 10 List of Week 05

  1. htop vs top command
    There is another monitoring tool other than top named htop. This command is more intuitive version than top.

  2. What is malloc
    This website explain malloc function in c which can used to allocate some block in memory.

  3. Why Copy On Write
    This page explain briefly about what is Copy On Write and why this is used in operating system.

  4. Page Fault in Operating System
    This website explain what is page fault and page fault handling process done by operating system when it happened. This website provide easy to understand explanation.

  5. Explanation Between Resident Memory, Shared Memory and Virtual Memory
    There is easy explanation about resident memory, shared memory and virtual memory. You can easily understand the difference between three of them by reading answer in this forum.

  6. Shared Memory Explanation
    This website explains about shared memory can be used on different process. There is some example, and advantages you can get by using shared memory.

  7. Non Uniform Memory Access
    This website include short explanation about non uniform memory access, and also a illustration to help understand concept of non uniform memory access.

  8. What is kernel memory ?
    Have you ever heard or read about kernel memory ? This webiste explains briefly about kernel memory. Also with some explanation about type of kernel memory.

  9. Thrashing in Operating System
    This website explains about virtual memory in operating system, thrashing, page fault, page replacement in OS, and lot more about virtual memory. This website give easy explanation and can help you to understand virtual memory in minutes.

  10. Overview Virtual Memory In Operating System
    This website provide summary about virtual memory, demand paging, and also explanation about some method can be used for page replacement.