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What is the function of the ready queue?

Explain the function of ready queue as in operating system

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The ready queue is a queue of processes in the READY state of the three state process model. A
process will enter the READY queue when it may be executed without waiting for a resource. The queue
exists to establish a fair and efficient order for processes to be executed. One way to implement such a
queue is in a first-in, first-out (FIFO) round robin scheme.

anmwat answered the question on March 5, 2019 at 10:26

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