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An I/O bound program will typically have :

a) a few very short CPU bursts
b) many very short I/O bursts
c) many very short CPU bursts
d) a few very short I/O bursts

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Final answer:

An I/O bound program typically has many very short CPU bursts, as these programs are often limited by the speed of input/output operations rather than the CPU.

Step-by-step explanation:

An I/O bound program will typically have many very short CPU bursts. This is because I/O bound programs spend more time doing input/output operations than processing data.

The term 'I/O bound' refers to a condition where the speed of a computer's processing is limited by the system's input/output devices rather than the processor's speed. With many I/O operations, these types of programs often have to wait for data to be read from or written to external devices, resulting in many short periods where the CPU is utilized (CPU bursts) followed by periods of waiting on I/O.

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