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Linux
Can’t Forget
The order of things
The hard facts
File it
100
GNU
What is Gnu’s Not Unix
100
This occurs when there is excessive paging between main memory and secondary memory
What is Thrashing
100
It uses a timing mechanism and periodically interrupts running processes
What is the process scheduler
100
The individual circles on a hard drive
What is a track
100
It indicates the software package needed to open or run the file
What is the file extension
200
/
What is the root directory
200
The appearance of there being more memory than is physically installed
What is virtual memory
200
A tangle of resources requests where multiple jobs are put on hold
What is deadlock
200
The standard format of CD-R disks
What is ISO 9096
200
Special files with listings of filenames and their attributes
What are directories
300
Used to change the size of logical volumes
What is LVM
300
Memory attached to a processor that improves efficiency
What is cache
300
Interactive systems usually improve the use of resources using this method.
What is dynamic resource sharing
300
This uses distributed strip parity
What is RAID 5
300
Another name for a subdirectory
What is a folder
400
Aborts the execution of a running program
What is kill
400
The amount of addressable memory in old operating systems
What is 1mb
400
This puts data in a holding area that hold data for printers until the printer is ready
What is spooling
400
It uses electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
What is flash memory
400
This indicates the parent directory when using DIR in a CMD window
What is ..
500
He is the person who developed the Linux kernel
Who is Linus Torvalds
500
This is the hardware interrupt caused by a reference to a page not residing in memory
What is a page fault
500
This is the act that allows only one process to have access to a dedicated resource
What is mutual exclusion
500
The time required to position the read/write head on the proper track from when the request was issued
What is seek time
500
This list who or what can access a file
What is the access control list