Q. Any condition that causes a processor to stall is called as _____.
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hazard
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Q. The time lost due to branch instruction is often referred to as _____.
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branch penalty
Q. _____ method is used in centralized systems to perform out of order execution.
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score boarding
Q. The computer cluster architecture emerged as an alternative for ____.
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super computers
Q. What makes a CUDA code runs in parallel
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first parameter value inside triple angle bracket (n) indicates excecution of kernel n times in parallel
Q. In ___________, the number of elements to be sorted is small enough to fit into the process's main memory.
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internal sorting
Q. ______________ algorithms use auxiliary storage (such as tapes and hard disks) for sorting because the number of elements to be sorted is too large to fit into memory.
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external sorting
Q. ______ can be comparison-based or noncomparison-based.
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sorting
Q. The fundamental operation of comparison-based sorting is ________.
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compare-exchange
Q. The complexity of bubble sort is Θ(n2).
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