In an operating system, what is the primary role of the 'Short-Term Scheduler'?
A. To switch between light and dark visual themes.
B. To select which process should be brought from secondary storage into the main memory.
C. To select from among the processes in the ready queue and allocate the CPU to one of them.
D. To back up system configuration files to the cloud.
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
The short-term scheduler (or CPU scheduler) picks which process from the ready queue gets executed by the CPU next.
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