operating process
31process — In a multitasking operating system, a program or a part of a program. All EXE and COM files execute as processes, and one process can run one or more other processes. See also session; thread …
32operating — Synonyms and related words: acting, active, at work, behavioral, functional, functioning, going, going on, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the works, inaction, on foot, on the fire, ongoing,… …
33Distributed operating system — A distributed operating system is the logical aggregation of operating system software over a collection of independent, networked, communicating, and spatially disseminated computational nodes.[1] Individual system nodes each hold a discrete… …
34Windows NT startup process — The Windows NT startup process is the process by which Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems initialize. In Windows Vista and later, this process has changed slightly; see Windows Vista startup process …
35Exit (operating system) — A computer process terminates its execution by making an exit system call. More generally, an exit in a multithreading environment means that a thread of execution has stopped running. The operating system reclaims resources (memory, files, etc.) …
36Wait (operating system) — In modern computer operating systems, a process (or task) may wait on another process to complete its execution. In most systems, a parent process can create an independently executing child process. The parent process may then issue a wait… …
37Copland (operating system) — Copland was a project at Apple Computer to create an updated version of the Macintosh operating system. It was to have introduced protected memory, preemptive multitasking and a number of new underlying operating system features, yet still be… …
38Ubuntu (operating system) — Ubuntu Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Company / developer …
39History of operating systems — The history of computer operating systems recapitulates to a degree the recent history of computer hardware. Operating systems (OSes) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer, and the linkages needed… …
40Linux startup process — The Linux startup process is the process by which Linux based operating systems initialize. It is in many ways similar to the BSD and other Unix style boot processes, from which it derives.Overview of typical processIn Linux, the flow of control… …
