What is thrashing ?

Question

What happens after you write “a.out” and press enter. What are the functionality performed by the OS after executable file is created of your code.

Answer 1

Thrashing is a condition when high paging activity happen and the page fault rate is high. It happens when there is a crunch of memory frames and the necessary page is not available in the main memory (RAM). I mean to say intended page is in virtual memory. In thrashing state, CPU utilization decreases.