What is the primary effect of thrashing on system performance?
Options
A.
Improved throughput
B.
Faster process execution
C.
Severe performance degradation
D.
Reduced need for memory
E.
None of the above
Correct Answer (Detailed Explanation is Below)
C.
Severe performance degradation
Detailed Explanation
Thrashing causes severe performance degradation because the system spends most of its time handling paging activity rather than performing useful computation.