process
1. The sequence of states of an executing ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=program">program. A process consists of the program ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=code">code (which may be shared with other processes which are executing the same program), private data, and the state of the ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=processor">processor, particularly the values in its ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=registers">registers. It may have other associated resources such as a {process identifier}, open files, {CPU time} limits, {shared memory}, ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=child processes">child processes, and ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=signal handlers">signal handlers. One process may, on some ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=platforms">platforms, consist of many ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=threads">threads. A ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=multitasking">multitasking ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=operating system">operating system can run multiple processes ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=concurrently">concurrently or in ref="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=parallel">parallel, and allows a process to spawn "child" processes. (2001-06-16) 2. The sequence of activities, people, and systems involved in carrying out some business or achieving some desired result. E.g. software development process, project management process, configuration management process. (2001-06-16) In addition suitable contents:
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