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To decide which process to execute first and which to execute last thus to achieve the maximum cpu utilization,computer scientists have came up with some algorithms. They are:
1. First come first served(fcf’s);process which requests the cpu first will get executed first.
2. Shortest job first scheduling(sjf’s);works on the process with the shortest burst time or duration first.
3. Priority scheduling;priority is assigned for each process,process with the highest priority is executed first and process with same priority are executed in fcf’s manner.
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