In operating system concepts, what does 'Belady’s Anomaly' describe?
A. A process scheduling glitch where higher priority threads starve indefinitely.
B. A network protocol lockup scenario.
C. A phenomenon where allocating more physical memory frames results in an increase in the number of page faults for certain page reference strings under FIFO replacement.
D. A file allocation bug where small files corrupt the master partition table.
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Belady's Anomaly shows that for certain page reference streams under the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) replacement scheme, adding page frames increases page faults.
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