What is process control block?
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| Process Control Life cycle |
Process Control block is used for storing the collection of
information about the Processes and this is also called as the Data Structure
which Stores the information about the process. The information of the Process
is used by the CPU at the Run time. Various information’s stored into the PCB
as followings:
Type of information held by PCB
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Name of the process
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State of the process, means READY state, ACTIVE state, RUNNING
state etc.
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Resources allocated to the process.
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Memory which is provided to the process.
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Scheduling information.
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Input and Output devices used by the process.
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Process ID or an identification number which is given by the CPU
when a process request for a service.
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