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3: Processes1
Jerry Breecher
OPERATING SYSTEMSPROCESSES
 
3: Processes2
What Is In This Chapter?
Process DefinitionScheduling ProcessesWhat Do Processes Do?Inter-process Communication
OPERATING SYSTEMProcesses
 
3: Processes3
PROCESSES
PROCESS CONCEPT:
A
program
is passive; a
process
active.Attributes held by a process includehardware state,memory,CPU,progress (executing)
WHY HAVE PROCESSES?
Resource sharing ( logical (files) and physical(hardware) ).Computation speedup -taking advantage of multiprogramming –i.e. example of acustomer/server database system.Modularity for protection.
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