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One of the strengths of the Microsoft Windows operating system is that it allows many programs (processes) to run concurrently and allows each process to perform many tasks concurrently (using multiple threads). When you run an executable application, a new process is created. The process isolates your application from other programs running on the computer. The process provides the application with its own virtual memory and its own copies of any libraries it needs to run, allowing your application to execute as if it were the only application running on the machine.
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© 2007 Todd Herman, Allen Jones, Matthew MacDonald, Rakesh Rajan
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(2007). Threads, Processes, and Synchronization. In: Visual Basic 2005 Recipes. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0295-0_4
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