2. Processes Management

See also

• Video defining Processes and Threads
• Video about The Life of a Process
• Video about Process Control Blocks
• Audio about CPU vs IO bound Processes
• Video about Creating a Multiprogramming Environment
• Video Introduction to Process Scheduling
• Video about Multi-class Process Scheduling

Contents:

• 2.1. Understanding Processes
  • 2.1.1. Process Contents
  • 2.1.2. Process Creation
  • 2.1.3. Multi-threaded Process
• 2.2. The Process Manager’s Job
  • 2.2.1. Process Finite State Diagrams
  • 2.2.2. Process Resource Allocation
• 2.3. The Process Scheduler
  • 2.3.1. Parts of the Scheduler
  • 2.3.2. Scheduler Metrics
  • 2.3.3. First Come, First Served Scheduler
  • 2.3.4. Shortest Job Next Scheduler
  • 2.3.5. Round Robin Scheduler
  • 2.3.6. Multi-level Priority Queue Scheduler