(a) What do you understand by a "Process"? Explain the different stat…

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(a) What do you understand by a "Process"? Explain the different states of a process and its transition from one state to another. Also explain Process Control block and its significance.

(b) Explain the characteristics used for the comparison of scheduling algorithms.

(c) What is starvation and convoy effect and in which of the scheduling algorithms these can occur? (10, 5, 5)

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