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Describe different job scheduling in operating systems?

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Answer:

Scheduling is the activity of the deciding when process will receive the resources they request.

FCFS:
FCSFS stands for First Come First Served. In FCFS the job that has been waiting the longest is served next.

Round Robin Scheduling:
Round Robin scheduling is a scheduling method where each process gets a small quantity of time to run and then it is preempted and the next process gets to run. This is called time-sharing and gives the effect of all the processes running at the same time

Shortest Job First:
The Shortest job First scheduling algorithm is a nonpreemptive scheduling algorithm that chooses the job that will execute the shortest amount of time.

Priority Scheduling:
Priority scheduling is a scheduling method where at all times the highest priority process is assigned the resource.

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