Computer Science / Unit 6 CS 0301 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Process
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The idea
A process is an instance of a program in execution — passive instructions on disk become an active entity once loaded into memory and running, the OS providing its environment.
In practice
One installed messaging app, opened twice, is one program and two processes.
Where people slip
Program and process are different tenses of the same thing.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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