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A blocked thread is waiting for an event to occur, such as allocation of a requested resource or correction of an error condition.

​OS ____________________ functions ensure that overall system objectives are achieved efficiently and effectively.

After ____________________, all free partitions form a contiguous block in upper memory.

A(n) ____________________ is a unit of executing software that’s managed independently by the OS and can request and receive hardware resources and OS services.

A reference to a page held in secondary storage is called a(n) ____________________.

The difference between the first address in physical memory and the address of the first process instruction is called the ____.

____________________ scheduling guarantees a minimum amount of CPU time to a thread if the thread makes an explicit real-time scheduling request when it’s created.

A group of processes descended from a common ancestor, including the common ancestor itself, is called a(n) ____________________.

OLED displays combine features from both LED and plasma display, including: ____.

A(n) mouse that can detect motion with ____________________ dimensions uses an embedded gyroscope.