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  • What is a thread?

    Is a single execution process - AKA Process Control Block.
  • What is Memory Management Information (MMI)?






    Includes such items as the value of the base and limit registers and the page tables, or the segment tables, depending on the memory system used by the operating system.
  • A system consists of a collection of processes including _________?

    Operating-system processes executing system code and user processes executing user code.
  • A batch system executes what _______ ?

    Jobs.
  • Time shared systems have ______ or ______.

    User programs or Tasks.
  • A process is a passive entity? (T or F)?

    False. A process is an active entity, with a program counter specifying the next instruction to execute and a set of associated resources.
  • A program becomes a process when an executable file is loaded into memory. (T or F)

    True.
  • True or False. As a process executes, it changes state?

    True. The state of a process is defined part by the current activity of that process.
  • True or False. Only one processor can be running on any processor at any instant?

    True. Many processes may be ready and waiting, however.
  • What does PCB stand for?

    Process Control Block
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