Processes are a container for a set of resources that are initialized when a program instance is created. All processes are given a private virtual address space, meaning that no process shares memory with another process.

References:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/processes-and-threads

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/resources/windows-internals

Process

Main Components

• Private Virtual address space

• Execution File

• Open Handles

• Process ID

• Security Context