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Amin Soheyli
Amin Soheyli

Reputation: 651

Difference between running and executing states of a process in the Operating System

I'm confused between two similar terms, running and executing.

So, I appreciate you if you explains:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2941

Answers (1)

user11459103
user11459103

Reputation:

Running a program means loading program binary image from secondary storage to main memory.

When program run first time it's process control block created(PCB) and exist until program terminated. A program in running state called a process.

Execution of program means it's running and consume CPU cycle.

Upvotes: 3

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