Process Composition

Process Composition

kernel:process managementprocess:attributesprocess:compositionA process consists of an address space containing the program text and data, and a number of process attributes managed by the IRIX kernel. A few examples of process attributes are

process IDa unique process ID number
machine register contents, representing the current instruction and stack level as well as working data
user IDgroup IDUNIX user and group identities
current directorycurrent working directory for file searches
signal handler:as process attributesignal-handling status

For a more complete list, refer to the fork(2) reference page and read the list of attributes that a new process does and does not inherit from its parent.