Question

12. Relocation registers are used to___
a) a different address space to processes
b) providing less address space to processes
c) to protect the address space of the processes
d) None of the above​

Answer 1

Answer:

option c is the correct answer

Answer 2

Relocation registers are used to protect the address space of the processes. Hence, the correct answer is option(c).

• The relocation register is a hardware element that stores the constant value which is added to each memory location that is running in the computer.
• The relocation-register scheme in which user processes are protected from each other and changing operating-system programs and data.

• The smallest physical address is stored in the relocation register.