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Computer/OS Systems
Computer/OS Systems 2
Computer/OS Systems 3
System Calls
100

The country to first have a person walk on the moon.

What is the USA?

100

The one program running at all times on the computer

What is the Kernel.

100

The memory clears or resets when the device is turned off.

What is volatile. 

100

Keeping track of which parts of memory are currently being used and by whom

What is Memory Management?

100

Traps can be called multiple things. 

What is an exception?

200

In minecraft the nether portal is made from this block.

What is Obsidian?

200

The lowest component of a computer system.

What is Hardware?

200

Accessing a cache is slower than accessing main memory.

What is false.

200

Communication takes place between user modules.

What is message passing?

200

Allows for a program to talk to the kernel.

What is System Call

300

This mammal has 206 bones in its body.

What is a human?

300

It is a resource allocator and a control program.

What is OS?

300

A computer can exit infinit loops using.

What is an interrupt?

300

Operating system should be easy to design, implement, and maintain, as well as flexible, reliable, error-free, and efficient. 

What is System Goals?

300

Known as services, subsystems, daemons

What is Backround Services?

400

This music artist has a hit song from 2008 about Romeo and Juliet

Who is Taylor Swift?

400

Operation that allows OS to protect itself and other system components.

2X: What is Dual-Mode.

What is one and zero bit.

400

Allows direct command entry

Command interpreter / Cli

400

Hardware allows CPUs to have the most recent value in their cache.

Cache Coherency

400

Policy and mechanism are 2 principles of Operating System Design. 

What will be done? 

How to do it?

500

This superhero uses a ring to transform into a cat themed super hero. 

Who is Cat Noir?

500

One User having multiple programs at the same time in a single system.

Multiprogramming

500

Operating system failure can generate this file containing kernel memory.

What is a crash dump?

500

DOUBLE POINTS

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the
first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

What is Kernighan’s Law?

500

Recieving a letter in the mail with no Addressee is an example of this interrupt. 

What is polling?