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+tags:
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+Process = abstraction of **running program**. Program = lifeless code stored on disk.
+**Mechanisms** are low-level protocols that implement needed piece of functionality. Example a **context-switch** that enables time-sharing the CPU.
+**Policies** are algorithms to make a decision; such as which program to run.
+
+Process = **Machine state**. Important parts of the system. Its address space: the memory allocated by the OS.
+The program counter; which instruction is being executed.
+Stack & frame pointer: the stack for function params, return addresses and local variables.
+
+Seperating the mechanisms (how) from policies (which) allows changing either seperately from one another.
+
+API:
+- Create : create new process to run a program
+- Destroy : kil preemptively
+- Wait : stop running
+- Misc control: e.g suspend/resume
+- Status : e.g ps axf \ No newline at end of file