15 Process Architecture
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This chapter discusses the processes in an Oracle database. This chapter contains the following sections:
Introduction to Processes
Overview of Client Processes
Overview of Server Processes
Overview of Background Processes
Introduction to Processes
A process is a mechanism in an operating system that can run a series of steps. The process execution architecture depends on the operating system. For example, on Windows an Oracle background process is a thread of execution within a process. On Linux and UNIX, an Oracle process is either an operating system process or a thread within an operating system process.
Processes run code modules. All connected Oracle Database users must run the following modules to access a database instance:
Application or...