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Paging eliminates which type of fragmentation?

MCQ 2024 Paging

Paging eliminates which type of fragmentation?

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Answer

External

Theory

Paging splits memory into fixed-size frames so physical allocations need not be contiguous.

Solution

Internal fragmentation can still occur in the last page; external fragmentation is eliminated.

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