Information about a currently running [[Process]]
A process has the following information that is tracked by the [[CPU]]
- [[Process States]]
- [[Register]] Contents ([[Context Switching]])
- Open [[File|Files]]
Other common [[Metadata]]:
- Running Time
- Process Name/Path
- [[Memory Allocation|Allocated Memory]]
- [[Address Space]]
- [[Process Permissions]]
- [[Process Scheduler#Priority|Priority]]