Flashcard: Understanding Process Management — 10 carte

Process states — transition triggers?

System calls, interrupts, events

Process States — definition?

Lifecycle statuses of a process.

PCB — role?

Stores process info for management

New State — process?

Being created, not yet admitted to ready queue.

Scheduling algorithms — goal?

Optimize CPU utilization, response, throughput

Ready State — process?

Prepared to run, waiting for CPU.

Running State — process?

Actively executing on CPU.

Waiting State — process?

Waiting for I/O or resources.

Terminated State — process?

Finished execution, being removed.

Process Control Block — role?

Stores all info about a process.