Resources are analogous to the units of money that a bank has. Not enough units to meet all possible needs at once, but if the units were passed out in a particular order then every request can be satisfied (but it may take some time).
Name | Used | Maximum |
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Andy | 0 | 6 |
Barbara | 0 | 5 |
Marvin | 0 | 4 |
Suzanne | 0 | 7 |
Available: 10 |
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Figures based on ones appearing on page 176 of Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, 2nd Edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull, Prentice Hall, 1997.