Windows Process Model

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The Windows Process Model is the architectural framework in Windows that defines how applications and services are created, managed, and executed as processes within the operating system.

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Windows NT process model 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows architecture component
operating system process model
creationMechanism CreateProcess API NERFINISHED
CreateProcessAsUser API NERFINISHED
CreateProcessWithLogonW API NERFINISHED
ShellExecuteEx API NERFINISHED
definedIn Microsoft Windows operating system NERFINISHED
defines how processes are created in Windows
how processes are executed in Windows
how processes are managed in Windows
documentedIn Microsoft Developer Network documentation
Windows Internals NERFINISHED
exposedThrough .NET Framework process APIs NERFINISHED
Win32 API NERFINISHED
Windows Native API NERFINISHED
governs application processes
service processes
system processes
implementedBy Windows executive NERFINISHED
Windows kernel NERFINISHED
manages process isolation
process lifecycle
process resource limits
process scheduling priority
process termination
provides inter-process communication mechanisms
per-process handle table
per-process security context
per-process virtual memory space
relatedTo Windows Job Object Model NERFINISHED
Windows Security Model
Windows Service Model NERFINISHED
Windows Session Model NERFINISHED
Windows Threading Model NERFINISHED
supports GUI applications
Windows services NERFINISHED
background processes
console applications
kernel-mode system processes
user-mode processes
supportsFeature debugging of processes
process creation flags
process environment block
process inheritance of handles
usesConcept access token
job object
parent process ID
process
process ID
process handle
process priority class
process security descriptor
thread
virtual address space

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Windows Process Activation Service componentOf Windows Process Model
VMS influenced Windows Process Model
this entity surface form: Windows NT process model