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• Process - a fundamental operating system object

  • Process is an instance of a program’s execution
  • Process is the execution of a program on a virtual computer
  • Process is a set of OS objects that have their own memory space (code, data, stack), register set and process table entry

• Program (executable binary) vs Process:

Program Process

Exists in Disk Space Memory Space & CPU Time

Is Static Dynamic

Consists of Instructions Executing instructions

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