Computer Science / Unit 6 CS 0302 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Process Control Block
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The idea
The operating system keeps every detail of a process's execution state in its process control block whenever the process is not running — the CPU's registers emptied into the record at suspension.
In practice
A saved game holds everything needed to resume as if never stopped.
Where people slip
A running process's state lives split between record and CPU.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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