ssume that a given request specifies load time.

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Hello. Please answer the attached Operating Systems  questions correctly and completely.

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1. Assume that you are trying to download a large 2-GB file from the Internet. The file is available from a set of mirror servers, each of which
can deliver a subset of the file's bytes; assume that a given request specifies the starting and ending bytes of the file. Explain how you
might use threads to improve the download time.
2. What is the biggest advantage of implementing threads in user space? What is the biggest disadvantage?
Transcribed Image Text:1. Assume that you are trying to download a large 2-GB file from the Internet. The file is available from a set of mirror servers, each of which can deliver a subset of the file's bytes; assume that a given request specifies the starting and ending bytes of the file. Explain how you might use threads to improve the download time. 2. What is the biggest advantage of implementing threads in user space? What is the biggest disadvantage?
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