《OPERATING SYSTEMS教学课件》ch1.pptVIP

* Embedded operating systems E.g.: QNX, VxWorks Sensor node operating systems E.g.: Tiny OS Real-time operating systems Hard real-time system: the action absolutely must occur at a certain moment, such as e-Cos. Smart card operating systems Java Virtual Machine (JVM) * 1.5 Operating System Concepts (Processes) A process is a program in execution. 为了描述和控制进程的运行，系统为每个进程定义了一个数据结构——进程控制块PCB (Process Control Block)。所谓系统创建一个进程，就是由系统为某个程序设置一个PCB，用于对该进程进行控制和管理。进程任务完成，由系统收回其PCB，该进程便消亡。系统将根据某PCB而感知相应进程的存在，故说PCB是进程存在的唯一标志。 The information about a process (PCB) is stored in an operating system table call