Question

Why is it important to distinguish between CPU-bound vs. I/O-bound operations?

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I/O-bound programs have the property of performing only a small amount of computation before performing I/O. Such programs typically do not use up their entire CPU quantum. CPU-bound programs, on the other hand, use their entire quantum without performing any blocking I/O operations. Consequently, one could make better use of the computer’s resources by giving higher priority to I/O-bound programs and allow them to execute ahead of the CPU-bound programs

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