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List and explain three process scheduling algorithms

List and explain three process scheduling algorithms.

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To decide which process to execute first and which to execute last thus to achieve the maximum cpu utilization,computer scientists have came up with some algorithms. They are:

1. First come first served(fcf’s);process which requests the cpu first will get executed first.
2. Shortest job first scheduling(sjf’s);works on the process with the shortest burst time or duration first.
3. Priority scheduling;priority is assigned for each process,process with the highest priority is executed first and process with same priority are executed in fcf’s manner.

Softwaretech answered the question on April 23, 2019 at 10:26

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