Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 5 - No. 47)
What is 'disk thrashing' in the context of virtual memory?
Deleting files from the hard drive.
Excessive hard drive activity from swapping data between RAM and the hard drive.
Organizing files to improve performance.
A form of data corruption.
Paskaidrojums
Disk thrashing is characterized by excessive disk access.