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Great explanations of program and process. Is it correct to say a process is created when a program is started no matter if the program consist of only one source file (a simple script) or consist of hundreds or thousands of source files(those big desktop apps)?

s-hunter
– s-hunter

2016-07-25 23:59:42 +00:00
Commented Jul 25, 2016 at 23:59
@s-hunter i'd say yes: you'd always start an execution process. However bear in mind that it's not necessarily an OS process (see special case of interpreted languages)

Christophe
– Christophe

2016-07-26 06:39:54 +00:00
Commented Jul 26, 2016 at 6:39

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