Question

The storage of 32 recently accessed page table entries to optimize the time, is known as

(a) page table

(b) page descriptor base register

(c) page table cache

(d) none of the mentioned

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Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) page table cache

To explain: To optimize the considerable time taken for conversion, a page table cache is provided, which stores the 32 recently accessed page table entries.