Ardika Sulistija: Created page with "Related topics: * Processes * Zombie Process * Orphan Process * Threads ---- Process Control Block (PCB) is information associated with each process, which may also be a called a "task control block." It is a data structure that keeps track of process metadata. * Process state - running, waiting, etc. * Program counter - location of instruction t..."

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Created page with "Related topics: * Processes * Zombie Process * Orphan Process * Threads ---- Process Control Block (PCB) is information associated with each process, which may also be a called a "task control block." It is a data structure that keeps track of process metadata. * Process state - running, waiting, etc. * Program counter - location of instruction t..."

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Related topics:
* [[Processes|Processes]]
* [[Zombie Process|Zombie Process]]
* [[Orphan Process|Orphan Process]]
* [[Threads|Threads]]

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Process Control Block (PCB) is information associated with each process, which may also be a called a "task control block." It is a data structure that keeps track of process metadata.

* Process state - running, waiting, etc.
* Program counter - location of instruction to next execute.
* CPU registers - contents of all process-centric registers.
* CPU scheduling information - priorities, scheduling queue pointers.
* Memory-management information - memory allocated to the process.
* Accounting information - CPU used, clock time elapsed since start, time limits.
* I/O status information - I/O devices allocated to process, list of open files.

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