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Information Technology

by Richard Fox
February 2013
Beginner
564 pages
18h 56m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Chapter 11

Processes and Services

The process and process management were introduced in Chapter 4. In this chapter, the user’s control of the process is covered from the perspectives of a Windows 7 user and a Red Hat Linux user. Starting processes, monitoring processes, scheduling processes, and terminating processes are all covered. The chapter then examines the role of the service as a component of the operating system. Common services are examined followed by configuring services in Linux. Finally, automating service startup at system initialization is covered for both Windows 7 and Red Hat Linux.

The learning objectives of this chapter are to

  • Describe the steps in starting, controlling/managing, and terminating processes in Windows 7 and ...
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