The Process View
Abstract
This chapter examines systems and communication within systems from the process viewpoint. The process is the central theme around which the concepts of modular systems and multiple communicating systems are presented and explained. Process scheduling and management are examined for both real-time and non-real-time applications. Communication is treated as input to and output from processes. The way that interprocess communication is facilitated, and the way that communication behavior may interact with process scheduling behavior, is discussed. Multithreading is introduced and discussed in terms of ensuring responsiveness of processes. The use of timers within processes to provide control and generate periodic ...
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