What's the difference between a process and a process image?

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handler's handle picture handler's handle · Jan 26, 2017 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

What's the difference between a process and a process image?

What does one contain that the other doesn't? What are the distinguishing components?

This is all within the context of process control structures and process location in memory.

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Gab picture Gab · Jan 26, 2017

From what I understand, a process image is an image of a process taken when memory is allocated to it before execution. This happens because, when multitasking, the kernel needs to re-enter the process where it left off. If the process were to be changed in mid execution, bad things could happen so the operating system makes a read-only version of the process and uses that during execution.

Here's a webpage with more details on process images

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