Showing posts with label Scheduling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scheduling. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 October 2011

What are short-, long- and medium-term scheduling?

Long term scheduler determines which programs are admitted to the system for processing. It controls the degree of multiprogramming. Once admitted, a job becomes a process.

Medium term scheduling is part of the swapping function. This relates to processes that are in a blocked or suspended state. They are swapped