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Document 2B: Operating System – Process

Management Notes

1. Introduction

A process is a program in execution. It includes program counter, registers, variables, and


resources.

2. Process States

New Ready Running Waiting Terminated


(Include diagram with arrows showing state transitions)

3. Process Control Block (PCB)

Process ID

Program Counter

CPU Registers

Memory Management Info

I/O Status
4. CPU Scheduling Algorithms

FCFS (First Come First Serve) – Non-preemptive, simple queue

SJF (Shortest Job First) – Minimum burst time first

Round Robin (RR) – Time quantum based, fair for all

Priority Scheduling – Higher priority executes first

Multilevel Queue – Multiple queues with fixed priorities

5. Context Switching

Saving current process state and loading new process

Overhead but essential for multitasking

6. Interprocess Communication (IPC)

Shared Memory
Message Passing (Pipes, Message Queues, Sockets)

7. Deadlock Basics

Four conditions: Mutual Exclusion, Hold & Wait, No Preemption, Circular Wait

Deadlock prevention and avoidance (Banker’s Algorithm)

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