Across
- 3. Used in Dynamic Memory Allocation
- 5. When a process is waiting for an event that will never occur.
- 7. An instance of a program running on a computer.
- 13. The number of programs which can be loaded in memory at the same time.
- 14. Determines the amount of information that can be processed in one instruction
- 15. The process is currently being executed.
Down
- 1. Static and global variable.
- 2. Process that is waiting for some event to occur.
- 4. Characterized by the execution of a sequence of instructions, a current state and an associated set of system resources.
- 6. The module that gives a process control over the CPU after it has been selected by the short-term scheduler.
- 8. The process is now prepared to execute when given the opportunity.
- 9. Process is released from main memory because it has halted or aborted.
- 10. This operation increments the value of its argument S.
- 11. Where local variables, parameters and return addresses and recursive calls are stored.
- 12. One example for processes on mutual exclusion.