To put it in simple terms, we write our computer programs in a text file and when we execute this program, it becomes a process which performs all the tasks mentioned in the program.
When a program is loaded into the memory and it becomes a process, it can be divided into four sections ─ stack, heap, text and data
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This is not always true, it depends on the operating system and the bootstrap process.
Also known as the process state, the execution context is the internal data the Operating system uses to control or supervise a process.
All of the information needed to keep track of a process when switching is kept in a data package called process control block.s A PCB is a data structure in the operating system kernel containing the information needed to manage a particular process. The PCB is the manifestation of a process in an operating system,
Booting up ..! A boot process is a step by step process with which a computer loads the operating system.