Answer to Question #52532 in Programming & Computer Science for biruk

Question

mention the information stored in a process control block.

Answer 1

Answer:
Process Control blockis used for storing the collection of information about the Processes and this
is also called as the Data Structure which Stores the information about the
process. The information of the Process is used by the CPU at the Run time. The
various information which is Stored into the PCB as followings:
1) Name of the Process.
2) State of theProcess. Means Ready, Active, Wait.
3) Resources allocatedto the Process
4) Memory which isprovided to the Process.
5) Schedulinginformation.
6) Input and OutputDevices used by the Process.
7) Process ID or aIdentification Number which is given by the CPU when a Process Request for a
Service.