From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10692 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2023 18:30:14 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Dec 2023 18:30:14 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D56243EA2; Sat, 16 Dec 2023 04:30:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from vmail1.sentex.ca (vmail1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.19]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4690B43EA0 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2023 04:30:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: (Haraka outbound); Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:30:08 -0500 Authentication-Results: vmail1.sentex.ca; auth=pass (plain) Received: from [10.0.1.25] (198.27.13-155.ip.mltn.standardbroadband.ca [198.27.13.155]) by vmail1.sentex.ca (Haraka/2.8.25) with ESMTPSA id 16176072-3B04-46E8-BBC4-3DFD8BC78034.1 envelope-from (authenticated bits=0) (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256); Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:30:08 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:30:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 To: coff@tuhs.org References: <20231214214805.81B2618C08F@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <7wv8903rvi.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Content-Language: en-CA From: Stuff Received In-Reply-To: <7wv8903rvi.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Haraka-GeoIP: NA, CA, ON, Campbellville, 28km Message-ID-Hash: DGAOCWZXSE4DI2IEGVMCT7UBUIAAL3P6 X-Message-ID-Hash: DGAOCWZXSE4DI2IEGVMCT7UBUIAAL3P6 X-MailFrom: stuff@riddermarkfarm.ca X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: Terminology query - 'system process'? List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 2023-12-15 01:24, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > For the record, daring to stray outside Unix, ITS originally had a > "system job", and later split off a "core job". Both running in monitor > mode. Job means the same thing as process here, and monitor same as > kernel. > > --- >8 --- cut and stop reading here --- >8 --- off topic --- >8 --- From https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff "The Computer Old Farts Forum provides a place for people to discuss the history of computers and their future." It seems that you are well within bounds. S.