Work Sheet 3

  1. What is a CPU burst? What is I/O burst?
  2. A CPU bound program would typically have what kind of I/O burst?
  3. List performance criteria one would select to optimize ones system/
  4. What is a throughput?
  5. What is a convoy effect?
  6. What is an exponential averaging?
  7. Do Problems 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.10 of S&G