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process control block

data structure in the operating system kernel containing the information needed to manage a particular process
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process control block

Summary

process control block ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • process control block's subclass of is recorded as data structure[2].
  • process control block's part of is recorded as kernel[3].
  • process control block's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d2lh[4].
  • process control block's main subject is recorded as process[5].
  • process control block's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 34590194[6].

Why It Matters

process control block ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_process-control-block_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{process control block}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/process-control-block}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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