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Which condition occurs in an Operating System when two or more processes are blocked indefinitely, each waiting for a resource held by the other?

AThrashing
BDeadlock
CStarvation
DPaging

Explanation

Deadlock occurs when four conditions hold simultaneously: Mutual Exclusion, Hold and Wait, No Preemption, and Circular Wait. Starvation refers to a process waiting indefinitely due to low priority, and Thrashing occurs when high paging activity degrades performance.

Exam Relevance
  • Topic: Operating Systems
  • Subtopic: Process Synchronization & Deadlocks
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