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From a unix admin standpoint what is the difference please between those terminologies : Service, Process, Thread, Task, Job, Daemon ?
sasuke_X220
Posted 2017-07-29T10:33:18.493
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What is the difference between a Service and a Process?
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From a unix admin standpoint what is the difference please between those terminologies : Service, Process, Thread, Task, Job, Daemon ?
Service is a program that runs continuously in the background.
Process is a program that is running and is assigned a pid, a process ID.
Task is a fuzzy one, I can't think of a concrete example. I believe it's a windows version of a process.
Job is a command to be executed at a certain date/time, usually through cron.
Daemon is pretty much a service, a program that runs in the background. The major distinction is that this one accepts connections from clients on the network.
Kyle H
Posted 2017-07-29T10:33:18.493
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You are asking an off-topic question. Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic. See On Topic.
– DavidPostill – 2017-07-29T10:35:21.310Have you searched for that terms anf found an any definitions? – marsh-wiggle – 2017-07-29T10:49:13.133
2You guys are harsh – Kyle H – 2017-07-29T13:42:42.400
@DavidPostill erm, could you explain exactly how this is software shopping? – Blaine – 2017-07-29T13:49:24.003
@blaine it's asking for learning material – DavidPostill – 2017-07-29T13:54:30.190
@KyleH Only when people ask to be spoon fed without doing any research at all. And crosspost to the wrong sites ... – DavidPostill – 2017-07-29T15:14:27.093
1I disagree. There's too much attitude on stack exchange as a whole. I can't change it, but I'll still answer questions for newbies. We all start somewhere. – Kyle H – 2017-07-29T15:26:43.877