CONTIGUOUS ALLOCATION (CONT. o Multiple-partition allocation Hole-block of available memory;holes of various size are scattered throughout memory When a process arrives,it is allocated memory from a hole large enough to accommodate it Operating system maintains information about: a)allocated partitions b)free partitions (hole) oS os os os process 5 process 5 process 5 process 5 process 9 process 9 process 8 process 10 process 2 process 2 process 2 process 2CONTIGUOUS ALLOCATION (CONT.)  Multiple-partition allocation  Hole – block of available memory; holes of various size are scattered throughout memory  When a process arrives, it is allocated memory from a hole large enough to accommodate it  Operating system maintains information about: a) allocated partitions b) free partitions (hole) OS process 5 process 8 process 2 OS process 5 process 2 OS process 5 process 2 OS process 5 process 9 process 2 process 9 process 10