api: "YAML JSON TOON Database"
version: 1.0.0
format: json
dataset:
  slug: process-management
  title: "Process Management"
  description: "Core concepts of process and thread management."
  category: "Operating Systems"
  category_slug: operating-systems
  tags: "os,process,thread,scheduler"
  view_count: 0
data
  [8]{term,description}:
    Process,"An instance of a program in execution with its own address space."
    Thread,"A single flow of control within a process sharing its resources."
    "Process Control Block","Data structure storing process state, registers, and scheduling info."
    "Context Switch","Saving and restoring CPU state when switching between processes."
    Fork,"System call creating a child process as a copy of the parent."
    Exec,"System call replacing the current process image with a new program."
    "Zombie Process","A terminated process whose exit status has not been collected."
    "Orphan Process","A process whose parent has terminated before it."