Excessive paging is called thrashing and slows down the system. a. It depends b. True c. Sometimes d. False

The correct answer is b. True.<br /><br />Excessive paging, also known as thrashing, can indeed slow down the system. When a computer's memory is insufficient, the operating system may have to frequently swap data between the main memory (RAM) and the hard disk drive (paging). This process, known as paging, can be very slow compared to accessing data directly from the main memory. If the system spends more time paging than executing actual tasks, it leads to thrashing, which significantly slows down the system's performance.