List the differences between a process and a program in operating system

List the differences between process and program in OS, operating system program versus process, what are the differences between a process and program in operating system environment

 

Question:

List the differences between a process and a program

 

Answer:

Program	Process
Static code and static data A program is an executable file which resides on the secondary, persistent memory (i.e., disk), and only contains the set of instructions needed to accomplish a specific job. One program can invoke multiple processes Multiple processes can run the same program	Dynamic instance of code and data A process is a particular executing instance of a program when loaded to main memory A process belongs to only one program.

 

 

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 List the differences between program and process in Operating system

Differentiate between program and process in OS