To find the process ID of a Linux process, use the pidof command, like this: “pidof examplename”. If you only know part of the PID name, you can use “pgrep examplenamefragment” instead. Replace “examplename” and “examplenamefragment” with the terms you want to search for. Working with …
If you’ve ever browsed through Task Manager, you may have wondered why there are so many Service Host processes running. You can’t kill them, and you sure didn’t start them. So, what are they? The Service Host process serves as a shell for loading services from …
When AMD started using TSMC’s 7nm process for the Zen 2 processor family that launched in November 2019, one of the overriding messages of that launch was that it was important to be on the leading edge of process node technology to be competitive. That move …
Brief: This is a quick tip on finding zombie processes in Linux and then killing them. You also learn a thing or two about processes and zombie processes. Before you learn about Zombie process, let me recall what is a process in Linux. In a few …
Twitter on Thursday announced that it is relaunching its verification application process, which adds the “blue verified badge” to the user’s Twitter account. The blue verified badge helps people distinguish the authenticity of accounts that are of high public interest. It gives people on Twitter more …
Does your Android phone say “android.process.acore has stopped” now and then? Well, it’s a very common issue on Android where you may get constant pop-up messages saying that “Unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped.” It usually happens while scrolling through contacts or trying to make a …
Last year, Microsoft made the decision to simplify the Windows 10 update process by incorporating the servicing stack updates and latest cumulative update into a ‘single package design’. According to Microsoft, the single package design could streamline the whole update process and reduce Windows 10 installation …
