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OSformula

Average Seek Time formula concept?

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Seek Time = Total Head Movement * Seek Time per cylinder. Round trip is calculated based on current head pointer.

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OSmnemonic

What are the 4 conditions for a deadlock?

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Mutual Exclusion, Hold and Wait, No Preemption, and Circular Wait (Mnemonic: M-N-H-C).

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Cconcept

Size of pointer on 64-bit OS?

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Always 8 bytes (64 bits), regardless of variable types (char*, int*, double*).

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DBMSformula

Condition for 3NF Normal Form?

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For X -> Y, either X is a Super Key or Y is a Prime Attribute.

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DBMSconcept

Condition for BCNF (Boyce-Codd Normal Form)?

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For every functional dependency X -> Y, X must be a Super Key.

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Cconcept

Precedence order of prefix ++ vs dereferencing *?

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Dono unary operators hain with right-to-left associativity. Prefix ++ holds higher priority than * in some compiler formats, evaluate from right to left.

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