What is Burst time, Arrival time, Exit time, Response time, Waiting time, Turnaround time, and Throughput?

Burst time:

Arun I
1 min readAug 1, 2020

Burst time is the total time taken by the process for its execution on the CPU.

Arrival time:

Arrival time is the time when a process enters into the ready state and is ready for its execution.

Exit time:

Exit time is the time when a process completes its execution and exit from the system.

Response time:

Response time is the time spent when the process is in the ready state and gets the CPU for the first time.

Waiting time:

Waiting time = Turnaround time — Burst time.

Turnaround time:

Turnaround time is the total amount of time spent by the process from coming in the ready state for the first time to its completion.

Throughput:

It can be defined as the number of processes executed by the CPU in a given amount of time

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