what does a process mean?
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Answer / madhu
Process is an instance of a program under execution.
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Madhu
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Program under execution is called a process.
Each and every process is all ways identified by a number
called process id or PID.
and
Program not under execution is called a File.
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Answer / saroj kumar rout (tcs)
A process is an executing program identified by a unique
PID (process identifier). To see information about your
processes, with their associated PID and status, type
% ps
A process may be in the foreground, in the background, or
be suspended. In general the shell does not return the UNIX
prompt until the current process has finished executing.
Some processes take a long time to run and hold up the
terminal. Backgrounding a long process has the effect that
the UNIX prompt is returned immediately, and other tasks
can be carried out while the original process continues
executing.
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Answer / mahesh
Process is nothing but currently running set of
instructions.
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Answer / rock
Whenever a program is executed it will take some time to
complete the job and the time between starting and ending is
known as process.
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Answer / purna
A program in the main memory is nothing but a process
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