<operating system, software> An executing program. A process consists of the program code (which may be shared with other processes which are executing the same program), and some private data. It may have other associated resources such as a process identifier, open files, CPU time limits, shared memory, child processes, and signal handlers.
A multitasking operating system can run multiple processes concurrently or in parallel.
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