In Unix, a process is a
2018
In Unix, a process is a
- A.
tool
- B.
daemon
- C.
running program
- D.
stderr
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Correct answer: C
The correct option is C: running program. In Unix and computing in general, a program is a passive entity stored on disk, whereas a process is an active instance of that program in execution, loaded into memory with allocated resources.