CIS 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Virtual Memory, Batch Processing, File Descriptor
2 Mar 2018
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A unit activity characterized by a sequential thread of execution, current state, and an associated set of system resources. The entity that can be assigned to and executed on a processor. A unit of activity characterized by a single sequential thread of execution. All information the operating system needs to manage the process. A current state and an associated set of system resources. An algorithm, expressed in a computer language, but it does nothing on its own. A succession of actions that are performed when a program. A succession of actions that are performed when a program executes. A dynamically changing entity, which has an existence over time, but it requires a processor and it uses various resources. Created to provide a service such as printing. Deciding how to allocate the resources is a policy that is. Deciding how to allocate the resources is a policy that is determined by the os. Parent waits until some or all children terminate.
