Please describe what is the PCB, and give some sample
fields?
Answer Posted / delanir
The PCB (Process Control Block) represents one process
running under an operating system.
Some data fields for the PCB are:
*PID (Process Identification);
*State (Ready, Running, Blocked, etc..);
*PC (Program Counter);
*CPU Registers;
*CPU Schedulling Information;
*Memory Management Information;
*Accounting Information;
*I/O status information;
*List of open Files.
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