An Operation That Switches the Processor from One Process to Another

question 37

Multiple Choice

An operation that switches the processor from one process to another by saving all the process control data,register,and other information for the first and replacing them with the process information for the second is:

• A)resource ownership switch
• B)process switch
• C)thread switch
• D)cluster switch

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