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A process is basically a program in execution. The execution of a process must progress in a sequential fashion.
A process is defined as an entity which represents the basic unit of work to be implemented in the system.
To put it in simple terms, we write our computer programs in a text file and when we execute this program, it becomes a process which performs all the tasks mentioned in the program.
A Program, in simple words, can be considered as a system activity. In batch processing system these are called executing jobs while in a real-time operating system it is called tasks or programs. A user can run multiple programs where the operating system facilitates its own internal programmed activities such as memory management using some techniques.
A program is a passive entity, for example, a file accommodating a group of instructions to be executed (executable file). It is so called because it doesn’t perform any action by itself, it has to be executed to realize the actions specified in it.
The address space of a program is composed of the instruction, data and stack. Assume P is the program we are writing, to realize execution of P, the operating system allocates memory to accommodate P’s address space.
It schedules P for execution and also sets up an arrangement through which p can access file info. The CPU is shown in the dashed box because it is not always executing instructions of P; in fact, OS shares the CPU between the execution of P and executions of other programs.
A Process is an execution of a program. It is considered as an active entity and realizes the actions specified in a program. Multiple processes can be related to the same program. It handles the operating system activities through PCB (Process control Block) which includes program counter, stack, state etc. Program counter stores the next sequence of instruction that is to be executed later.
It needs resources like processing, memory and I/O resources to accomplish management tasks. During the execution of a program, it could engage processor or I/O operation that makes a process different from a program.
Let us understand this from an example; we are writing a C program. While writing and storing a program in a file, it is just a script and does not perform any action, but when it is executed it turns into process hence process is dynamic in nature. Sharing of resources among multiple processes is employed by current machines, but in actual a single processor is distributed among several processes.
Key Differences Between Program and Process
2. A process switch(AKA context switch) is what
it is called when the processor switches from one thread/process to
another. This causes the contents of the cpu registers and
instruction pointer to be saved. The registers and instruction
pointer for the new task will then be loaded into the processor and
execution of the new process will start/resume. The old program is
no longer executing, but it's state is saved in memory for when the
kernel decides that it is ready to execute it again. This is what
gives the illusion of multitasking, while in reality, only a single
process can run at a time on a cpu. A context switch can occur by
hardware or software. A hardware interrupt can occur from a device
such as the keyboard,mouse,or system timer, causing code to begin
executing the interrupt code. Software switches are occurred as a
result of the kernel manually performing a task switch. This is how
the scheduler usually makes a context switch.
A mode switch is what is referred to when the cpu
changes privilege levels. The kernel works at a higher privilege
than a standard user task. In order for the user task to access
things controlled by the kernel, it is necessary fro a mode switch
to occur. The currently executing process does NOT change during a
mode switch. The processor uses these modes(aka rings) to protect
the OS from misbehaving or malicious programs, as well as
controlling concurrent access to ram, io devices,etc. A mode switch
must occur for a software context switch to occur. Only the Kernel
can cause a context switch.
Note: The idea of a general protection fault is that a user
application has tried to do something that it isn't allowed to do,
such as accessing certain parts of it's address space that is not
accessible to it.
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