Process (computing)

particular execution of a computer program

computer program that runs persistently as a background process to provide a service

A process is a series or set of activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic.

command in several OSes to terminate a process

denial-of-service attack wherein a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, slowing down or crashing the system due to resource starvation

in computing, an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself, usually through a system call implemented in the kernel

switch between processes or tasks on a computer

number to identify each process running on a computer

data structure in the operating system kernel containing the information needed to manage a particular process

component of the Microsoft Windows operating system

process that is not running, but is in the process table

computing process or other task that runs in the background without user intervention

computing software instance that has created one or more child processes

execute a file (a library function and/or a system call)

computing process spawned by a parent process

data that must be saved to allow a computational task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point

computer system for maintaining order among running programs

small integer passed from a terminating child process to its parent

Initng is a full replacement of the UNIX System V init, the first process spawned by the kernel in Unix-like computer operating systems, which is responsible for the initialization of every other process. Initng's website calls initng "The next generation init system".

approach to processing events in software engineering, aiming to identify meaningful events such as opportunities or threats in real-time situations and respond as quickly as possible

group of linked processes executing in a Unix-like system

"computer process whose parent process has finished"

DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Running on top of DOS, it allows users to run multiple programs concurrently in multiple windows.

a means of achieving computer multitasking

term in computer science

system call

system call

system call used in many computer operating systems

component of Solaris