A user needs to stop an application that is running on a laptop. Which of the following best describes the part of the OS that is needed to perform this operation?
“Nearly every program running on a computer is run as a process. This includes system operations, background tasks, and applications… The Task Manager utility helps you see everything that’s running on a computer… If I have an app that’s taking up too much memory, I can click it and then click End Task to shut it down. This is also known as killing the process.”
Thus, process management is the OS function that allows users to stop (terminate) running applications.
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Chapter 4: Operating Systems — “Process Management” (pp. 238–240).
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