What is a process?
A running instance of an executable program.
What states are processes assigned?
Running, sleeping, stopped, or zombie.
What command list processes?
ps
What can a terminal have during its own session?
A foreground process an independent background processes.
What does the jobs command do?
Displays processes within a terminal session.
What is a signal?
A software interrupt that reports events to an executing program.
What commands use signals to control processes?
kill, pkill, killall
What is a load average?
An estimate of how busy the system is.
What commands are used to display the load average values?
top, uptime, or w