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Process |
Active entity. Contains a stack, data section, heap, and text section |
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Process Control Block |
Contains information about each process |
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I/O Bound |
A process that uses I/O more than the CPU |
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CPU Bound |
A process that uses the CPU more than I/O |
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Context Switch |
When the CPU saves the state of a process to start another process |
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Interprocess Communication |
Sharing memory or message passing in between processes |
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Blocking message passing |
Synchronous. Blocks the sender or receiver until the message is received |
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Non-blocking |
Asynchronous. Doesn't block any process |
