Types of Process and State Management

These flashcards cover key concepts and definitions from the lecture on process types and state management in operating systems.

Process

A program in execution that encapsulates the state of a running application, including the code, data, and variables.

Address Space

The range of addresses used by a process to isolate and encapsulate all its state.

Static State

The process state that is available when the process first loads, including code and data.

Heap

A dynamically allocated memory area within the address space used for temporary storage during execution.

Stack

A dynamic part of the address space that grows and shrinks in a last in first out order, storing state during procedure calls.

Last In First Out (LIFO)

A data structure principle where the last element added is the first one to be removed, used in stack operations.

Dynamic State

The state created and modified during the execution of a process, such as temporary results and allocated memory.

Procedure Call

The act of executing a specific portion of code, which may alter the current state of the process.

Popped State

The state that is retrieved and restored from the stack after a procedure call, allowing the process to continue execution.