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What Is Dispatcher? |
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Answer» Dispatcher module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler; this involves: Switching context, Switching to user mode, Jumping to the proper location in the user PROGRAM to restart that program, dispatch latency ? time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and START ANOTHER RUNNING. Dispatcher module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler; this involves: Switching context, Switching to user mode, Jumping to the proper location in the user program to restart that program, dispatch latency ? time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another running. |
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