Sunday 26 February 2012

Process Management

  • process is a program in execution.  A process needs certain resources, including CPU time, memory, files, and I/O devices, to accomplish its task.
  • The operating system is responsible for the following activities in connection with process management.


  1. Process creation and deletion.
  2. Process suspension and resumption.
  3. Provision of mechanisms for:
Process synchronization
Process communication

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