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I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this thread but:
Can someone explain the differences between a program and a process?
From what I picked up a program is a set of instructions and a process is part of the program being executed.
A major difference seems to be that a process is active whereas a program is passive. Can someone verify that the above is correct?
Also there seems to be a difference between where a program and a process is stored..can someone explain that to me?
Thanks
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A process is an active instance of a program in memory. A program can spawn many instances and have processes communicate with each other.
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A process is one instance of a program that has a certain state. A program can define what states it can be in, but only a process can define what state it is in right now.
Each time someone abuses hittest, God kills a kitten. Please, learn real collision testing.
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At 1/15/10 05:49 PM, henke37 wrote: A process is one instance of a program that has a certain state. A program can define what states it can be in, but only a process can define what state it is in right now.
Which takes you onto context switching
