§ general [2]

Tanenbaum:

A process is just an instance of an executing program, including the current values of the program counter, registers, and variables. Conceptually, each process has its own virtual CPU.

§ linux specific [1]

§ difference between process and thread

§ process group

§ reference

• [1] W. Mauerer, “Linux® Kernel Architecture”.
• [2] A. S. Tanenbaum and H. Bos, Modern operating systems, 4. ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2015.