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Introduction to Processes

Explore the concept of processes as running programs and how operating systems virtualize CPUs to enable concurrent execution through time-sharing. Understand the key mechanisms like context switching and policies such as scheduling that allow efficient process management and the illusion of many CPUs on limited hardware.

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In this chapter, we discuss one of the most fundamental abstractions that the OS provides to users: the process. The definition of a process, informally, is quite simple: ...