Frames

A frame holds data and system overhead. Considering a frame size of 2048 bytes, 48 bytes are reserved for system use and 2000 are available for data. Here is a 2 KB frame:

Each frame has a unique address or FID.

These topics are presented:

Linking Frames

I/O Devices

Monitor

Memory Management

Frame Requests and Frame Faults

Concept of a Process

Process Identification Blocks

User Pibs and Phantom Pibs

Scheduler

Scheduling Algorithm

Super High Priority Process

See Also

System Structure

Major Parts of the System