Context switch
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A context switch is the operation of saving the state (context) of the previous process and loading the state of a new process, so that another process can use the CPU while one process is using it. The context of a process is recorded in that process's process control block.
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- Wikipedia (en) Context switch
- seedyoon Programming Log :: Context Switching
- [Recommended] Context Switch Definition
- [Recommended] [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682105(VS.85.aspx MSDN - Context Switches]
- Linux kernel internals study (chapter 3) - processes, threads, scheduling