updated: 2022-01-23_12:32:31-05:00

Process

• an abstraction of a running program
• Described by State
• Process API
• Exist in one of many different Process States
  • Running
  • Ready to run
  • Blocked
• Events transition between these states
• Process List contains information about all processes in a system
  • Entries in this are contained in a Process Control Block
    • Structure that conains information about a specific process
• A Program with context