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Processes<br />

Process Scheduling<br />

– Nearly all computers have a real-time clock<br />

which generates a (clock) interrupt at a given<br />

frequency (e.g. 50Hz or system-definable)<br />

– On each interrupt, the scheduler runs and<br />

decides which processes should run next<br />

– Preemptive scheduling: temporarily suspend<br />

processes to allow others to run<br />

– Non-preemptive scheduling: allow processes<br />

to run to completion<br />

Copyright © 2007 <strong>David</strong> <strong>Vernon</strong> (www.vernon.eu)

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