8. Variable allocation, global scope

Here, at any given time, there are a number of processes in main memory, each with a certain number of frames allocated to it. The operating system also maintains a list of free frames when a page fault occurs. A free frame is added to the resident set of a process and a page is brought in so a process xperiencing page dfaults gradually grows in size and this helps to reduce overall page faults in the system.

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