Free Space Management

CSC 213 - Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms - Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Briefly explain an example of a situation from your own experience where you had to manage space via alternatives such as best fit, worst fit, next fit, first fit. What policy did you use? Why?1
  2. Identify the sentence from today's reading that you found most surprising or provocative. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
  3. Identify (and briefly elaborate on) the paragraph or brief passage from today's reading that remains the most confusing to you.

Footnotes:

1This question inspired by David Hanle '14.