Glossary terms from course 3, module 5

Background processes/Daemon processes: Processes that run or take place in the background

Client/Server runtime subsystem: System that handles running Windows GUI and Command line

Environment: Whatever settings or variables a child process inherits from the parent’s process

Multilingual user interface: Interface that offers and support different languages

Processes: Help the computer run programs 

Process Explorer: A utility Microsoft created to let IT support specialists and system administrators look at running processes

Process ID: Unique identifier for processes on your computer

Programs: The applications that we can run

Resource monitoring: The most common way to quickly take a peek at how system resources are doing

Session manager subsystem: Process that is in charge of setting some stuff up to work for the OS

Signal: A way to tell a process that something has just happened

Suspended apps: A command that will tell the OS to suspend background mobile apps

Task Manager: A Windows utility that allows you to gain information about what tasks you have running in the background 

Termination signal: A kill command that will stop whatever process you tell it to