Multiple choice

The operating system groups all the information that it needs about a particular process into a data structure, called ______.

  1. process descriptor

  2. process control block

  3. both 1 and 2

  4. none of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Both 'process descriptor' and 'process control block' are valid terms for the data structure that contains all information about a process. PCB is the more common textbook term, while 'process descriptor' is used in some systems like UNIX. They represent the same concept.