Inside Operating Systems: Processes, Schedulers, and Security
Inside Operating Systems: Processes, Schedulers, and Security An operating system (OS) coordinates the work of a computer. It acts as a bridge between programs and hardware. Three ideas show how it does this: processes, schedulers, and security. Together they keep tasks running smoothly while protecting data. Processes A process is a running program with its own memory, files, and resources. The OS creates a process, keeps track of its state (ready, running, waiting), and cleans up when it ends. Each process has a set of resources, like a memory space and a list of open files. This separation helps a browser, a text editor, and a game run without stepping on each other. ...