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YES!!!! - its called a PROCESS.
- All runnable software on a computer, including the user and kernel
processes, is organised into a number of sequential processes
or just processes for short.
- It is an abstraction to represent what is needed to run a
single program.
The difference between a program and process is subtle, but crucial.
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Omer F Rana
Thu Feb 6 16:13:26 GMT 1997