Processes and Process Management Flashcards
1
Q
Process:
A
an active entity of an app that encapsulates entire state of a running app: code, data, heap and stack
2
Q
when an app is ran multiple times:
A
multiple processes are created
3
Q
address space:
A
encapsulates all of the process state
4
Q
Process control block
A
a data structure that OS maintains for every process it manages
it is created and initialized when process is started
