Difference between internal and external fragmentation, Operating System

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Explain the difference between internal and external fragmentation.

Internal Fragmentation is the area in a region or a page that is not used by the job occupying that region or page. This space is unavailable for use by the system until that job is finished and the page or region is released.

 


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