Process and Flow Components
The elements of the process include:
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Protected
address space
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Data common to the whole process (these data can be shared usage
of all its streams)
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Resource usage information (open files, network connections)
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Process flow information
The stream contains the following elements:
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The state of the processor (a set of current data from its registers),
including the counter of the current
instruction of the processor
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Flow stack (the memory area where the local flow variables and
function return addresses are called in its code)
