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Process
nIntroduced to obtain a systematic way of monitoring and
controlling pgm execution
nA process is an executable program with:
u associated data (variables, buffers…)
u execution context: ie. all the information that
F the CPU needs to execute the process
•content of
the processor registers
Fthe
OS needs to manage the process:
•priority of the process
•the event (if any) after which the process is
waiting
•other data (that we will introduce later)