Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Operating System Basics Part-1

What is a Process ?

A Process is defined as the executing program of a computer, A program is basically a combination of Active and Inactive section and the Active Section of a program is called a Process. 

Process Cycle :

Ready Queue--> Running (CPU/Server)-->Terminate[end cycle] or Wait Queue-->Read Queue
                                                                  Diagram:
Now the same process is carried out by on the network where the request is made by a client. If the Server is free the request is serviced else the request is put in new request queue.

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