A Process is one of the most important fundamental concepts of the Linux operating system. This article focuses on the basics of Linux processes.   Process A process is an instance of a program running in Linux. This is the basic definition that you might have heard before. Though its simple enough to understand but still lets elaborate a bit for the beginners. Lets quickly create a hello world program in C language : #include<stdio.h> int main(void) { printf("\n Hello World\n"); // Simulate a wait... [More]

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