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Explain the difference between an i/o‐bound process and a cpu‐bound process.
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Explain the difference between an i/o‐bound process and a cpu‐bound process.

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An I/O bound process can't finish because it's waiting for I/O (which is provided by the OS). A CPU bound process can't finish because it can't get scheduled in the processor enough.
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