Linux Command Line - Process Management

Definition

  • Instance of a program An instance of a program is a copy of an executable version of the program that has been written to the computer’s memory.

  • Process When we run a program, those instructions are copied into memory and space is allocated for variables and other stuff required to manage its execution. This running instance of a program is called a process and it’s processes which we manage.

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