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In OS(operating system) what is a process?

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Question added by basheer basheer , Digital & social media officer , MTC Holding Group
Date Posted: 2013/12/12
basheer basheer
by basheer basheer , Digital & social media officer , MTC Holding Group

a program during the execution = process

.a. A process is an instance of a program in execution

.b. Batch systems work in terms of jobs

Mostafa Khamies Dakam
by Mostafa Khamies Dakam , Network Specialist , Libyan Fertilizer Company

The answer for this question can be defferent in the explanation, but one explanation is: Process is a program translated into set of instructions and its under excution.

Mohd Sajid Hussain
by Mohd Sajid Hussain , Sr. System Engineer , Mahindra Satyam

Hi, in Operating system, the process is an instance of a program running on the computer.

a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the OS, a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that execute instructions concurrently.

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