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Processes<br />

Process Hierarchies<br />

– process creation (FORK in UNIX)<br />

» parent forks a child process; both remain<br />

instantiated and running<br />

Process States<br />

– processes can communicate with one<br />

another<br />

– if a process is expecting input, and that<br />

input is not available, the process must<br />

block<br />

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

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