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Difference Between Internal Fragmentation and External Fragmentation

Internal fragmentation occurs when memory is divided into fixed-sized blocks and a process is allocated to a block that is larger than the process's required size, leaving unused space within the block. External fragmentation occurs when memory is divided into variable-sized blocks for processes and the removal of processes leaves small, unusable fragments of memory between the blocks. The solutions to internal and external fragmentation are best-fit allocation and compaction/paging respectively.

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Difference Between Internal Fragmentation and External Fragmentation

Internal fragmentation occurs when memory is divided into fixed-sized blocks and a process is allocated to a block that is larger than the process's required size, leaving unused space within the block. External fragmentation occurs when memory is divided into variable-sized blocks for processes and the removal of processes leaves small, unusable fragments of memory between the blocks. The solutions to internal and external fragmentation are best-fit allocation and compaction/paging respectively.

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Difference between Internal fragmentation and


External fragmentation
Internal fragmentation External fragmentation
In internal fragmentation fixed-sized memory, 1 In external fragmentation, variable-sized memory
blocks square measure appointed to process. blocks square measure
3 appointed to the method.

Internal fragmentation happens when the 2 External fragmentation happens when the
method or process is smaller than the memory. method or process is removed.

The solution of internal fragmentation is the 3 The solution to external fragmentation is


best-fit block. compaction and paging.

Internal fragmentation occurs when memory is 4 External fragmentation occurs when memory
divided into fixed-sized partitions. is divided into variable size partitions based on
the size of processes.
Group 2 Section 5

Difference between Internal fragmentation and


External fragmentation
Internal fragmentation External fragmentation
The difference between memory allocated and The unused spaces formed between non
5 contiguous memory fragments are too small to
required space or memory is called Internal
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serve a new process, which is called External
fragmentation..
fragmentation.
Internal fragmentation occurs with paging and External fragmentation occurs with
6
fixed partitioning. segmentation and dynamic partioning

It occurs on the allocation of a process to a partition It occurs on the allocation of a process to a


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greater than the process’s requirement. The leftover partition greater which is exactly the same
space causes degradation system performance. memory space as it is required.

It occurs in worst fit memory allocation method 8 It occurs in best fit and first fit memory
allocation method.

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