Free What the OS does lessonsWhat the OS does · Stage 1 · Programs and processes · Step 1
Programs and processes
Tell a program (a file) from a process (a running instance), and see what the OS keeps for each process. About 11 minutes.
You start the same text editor program twice. What do you have?
- AOne program and two processes, each with its own memory and state
- BOne process with two windows
- CTwo programs on disk
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One program and two processes, each with its own memory and state. The program is the file; each run is a separate process.
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