An i/o-bound program is one that, if run alone, would spend more time waiting for i/o than using the processor. a processor-bound program is the opposite. suppose a short-term scheduling algorithm favors those programs that have used little processor time in the recent past. explain why this algorithm favors i/o-bound programs and yet does not permanently deny processor time to processor-bound programs.

Given the following code: if (n == 2) { k -= 2; } else if (n == 3) { k -= 3; } can be rewritten as: if (< condition > ) { < assignment statement > ; } assume that evaluating < condition > does not change the values stored in n and k. which of the following could be used as < assignment statement > ? k -= n; k -= 1; k -= 2; k += n; k = n - k;

Write the command that can be used to answer the following questions. (hint: try each out on the system to check your results.) a. find all files on the system that have the word test" as part of their filename. b. search the path variable for the pathname to the awk command. c. find all files in the /usr directory and subdirectories that are larger than 50 kilobytes in size. d. find all files in the /usr directory and subdirectories that are less than 70 kilobytes in size. e. find all files in the / directory and subdirectories that are symbolic links. f. find all files in the /var directory and subdirectories that were accessed less than 60 minutes ago. g. find all files in the /var directory and subdirectories that were accessed less than six days ago. h. find all files in the /home directory and subdirectories that are empty. i. find all files in the /etc directory and subdirectories that are owned by the group bin."

This chapter lists many ways in which becoming computer literate is beneficial. think about what your life will be like once you’re started in your career. what areas of computing will be most important for you to understand? how would an understanding of computer hardware and software you in working from home, working with groups in other countries and contributing your talents.