Operating System
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Operating System Structures
  • Chapter 3 Processes
    • 3.1 Process Concept
    • 3.2 Process Scheduling
    • 3.3 Operation on Processes
    • 3.4 Interprocess Communication
  • Chapter 4 Threads
    • Summary: slides
    • 4.1 Overview
    • 4.2 Multithreading Models
    • 4.3 Thread Libraries
    • 4.4 Threading Issues
  • Chapter 6 Process Synchronization
    • 6.1 Background
    • 6.2 Critical-section problem
    • 6.3 Peterson's Solution
    • 6.4 Synchronization Hardware
    • 6.5 Semaphores
  • Summary ch1
  • Summary ch2
  • Summary ch3
  • Summary ch4
  • Summary ch5
  • Summary ch7
  • Summary ch6
  • Summary ch8
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Chapter 3 Processes

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A processis a program in execution. A process is the unit of work in a modern time-sharing system.