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Give a concise answer to each of the following questions. Limit your answers to 20-30 words.
(a) What is memory mapped I/O?
(b) Why is DMA an improvement over CPU programmed I/O?
(c) When would DMA transfer be a poor choice?


Definitions:

Breakdown Maintenance

Maintenance work performed after equipment has failed, aimed at restoring it to operational condition.

Standard Deviations

a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the average of the set.

MTBF Distribution

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Distribution refers to the probability distribution that represents the time between failures in a system or component, helping in reliability analysis.

Breakdown Maintenance

A reactive maintenance strategy that involves repairing or restoring equipment only after it has failed.

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