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Process are the applications running in Background

ps -- To see the instance or proccess


PID means Process ID Number
TTY means Terminal
CMD means the command
pts/0 -- means pseudo terminal
tty/1 -- text terminal 1
To start the process in the background
<command> &
e.g. firefox &
jobs -- To see the Active jobs
ps -aux | less
a -- active process
u -- user
x -- excluding active process
kill <pid> -- To kill the process
e.g. kill 2527

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