1. What is meant by 'Process States' in operating systems?
2. What is the unique identifier assigned to each process and stored within the Process Control Block (PCB)?
3. What is the primary role of process scheduling algorithms in an operating system?
Process states — transition triggers?
System calls, interrupts, events
PCB — role?
Stores process info for management
Scheduling algorithms — goal?
Optimize CPU utilization, response, throughput
Process States — definition?
Lifecycle statuses of a process.
New State — process?
Being created, not yet admitted to ready queue.
Ready State — process?
Prepared to run, waiting for CPU.
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