Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Software (Section 1 - No. 32)
What is the role of a memory management function within an operating system?
To manage the hardware components like the hard drive.
To allocate and deallocate memory to different processes.
To provide the user interface.
To allow users to create application software.
Explanation
Memory management ensures that different processes running on the system are allocated enough memory and don't interfere with each other.