Similarities And Differences In Windows 2000 And Unix
A process is the most fundamental tool used in modern operating systems. An operating system?s main role is to create, manage, and terminate processes. These process management functions include allocating time for implementation, managing their actions and conflicts, and allocating resources for the processes. An operating system must track each process by keeping a description, or image, which contains the address space and a control block.
(Stallings 140)
UNIX Process Management
Unix takes advantage of a simple process capability that is easily seen by the user. It executes
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