What is busy waiting?
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Answer / guest
The repeated execution of a loop of code while waiting for
an event to occur is called busy-waiting. The CPU is not
engaged in any real productive activity during this period,
and the process does not progress toward completion.
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Answer / mesfin adugna
AS i answered the question it is a loop of code while
waiting for an event to occur is called busy waiting. Here
the cpu is interact with.
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Answer / chitra
It is a techniqe in which a process repeatedly cheaks to see if a condition is true.
(for example while a process is in its critical section,any other process that tries to enter its cs must loop continuously in the entry section.)
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