A process is an instance of a running application. Each process is allocated its own block of available RAM space. No process can access another process code or data. If the process crashes, it dies alone without taking the entire OS or a bunch of other applications down.
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Each process is allocated its own block of available RAM space.
No process can access another process code or data.
If the process crashes, it dies alone without taking the entire OS or a bunch of other applications down.