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===Managing Processes===
All programs that are executing on a UNIX system are referred to as processes
Each process has an owner
Background
[[Image:process-diagram-1.png|thumb|right|300px|(Image licensed under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ cc])]]]
UNIX processes are hierarchical
This structure has a root, parents, and children