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| Lightweight Process--a single path of instruction that shares the processes' resources |
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| Allow I/O Signals to get the immediate attention of the CPU |
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| Interrupts generated by the running program and not an external I/O device |
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| AN activity submitted to an operating system TO be done |
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| A activity being worked on by the operating system |
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| The operating system gets interrupts or traps and decides what to do with them next |
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| Helps us handle complexity by reducing it FOR US |
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| Helps us to share resources (ex: spooling) |
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| Helps us maximize performance (ex: harddrives) |
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| can have multiple senders and receivers |
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| Can only have one receiver |
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| called process is a part of a dedicated server |
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| p is part of an arbitrary process, any process may be a client or server |
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