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Lesson 1. Process and Tasks

The document explains the concepts of processes, threads, and tasks in operating systems. A process is a set of instructions organized in blocks called functions, which can be executed sequentially or concurrently using threads or tasks. It also notes that threads are created with POSIX instructions, while tasks are used in other frameworks.

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Lesson 1. Process and Tasks

The document explains the concepts of processes, threads, and tasks in operating systems. A process is a set of instructions organized in blocks called functions, which can be executed sequentially or concurrently using threads or tasks. It also notes that threads are created with POSIX instructions, while tasks are used in other frameworks.

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Process vs threads vs Task

Process: It’s a set of instructions that will be executed to get


something in the operating system.
• T h e c o d e i n s i d e a p r o c e s s i s o r g a ni s e d i n b l o c k s o f i n s t r u c ti o ns . T h e s e b l o c k s
a r e u s u a l l y c a l l e d F u n c ti o n s a n d c a n b e e x e c u ted i n d i f f e r ent w ay s :

• Classical form: sequentially


• Concurrently: - Threads or Task.

First app
Real Time Linux - Eclipse

Classical form: Sequentially Concurrent form: Threads and Tasks

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Function call
Task and Threads

When we work with POSIX instructions, we create threads.

In other frameworks, we create tasks.

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