Question 90Asked in BPSC TRE 2.0 (2023) Computer Science Class 11-12

Which of the following system softwares resides always in main memory?

  1. ALoader
  2. BLinker
  3. CAssembler
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (A) Loader

Explanation

The loader (the bootstrap loader) always stays in main memory, because it has to load other programs into memory before they can run. The linker and assembler are loaded only when needed.

From BPSC TRE 2.0 (2023) Computer Science Class 11-12 — Previous Year Paper

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