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I was learning process management concept in operating system. Before that i came to know that processor can run one process at a time and to handle multiple processes we have process management.

At the very basic level process is just instance of program (code) and process management program is also code. Hence process management is itself a process.

So how come this process of process management program run along with other processes.

Note : I am assuming that CPU can only run single process at a time

Harikesh
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    The code responsible for process management (the kernel) doesn't have to be a process, and a process is usually more than just code. See this answer for some more infos: https://superuser.com/questions/197168/is-kernel-a-process – tux3 Mar 05 '15 at 16:05
  • See [Wikipedia: Kernel (operating system)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)). Which OS are you familiar with? – xmojmr Mar 05 '15 at 16:09
  • Linux Newbie. Previously Windows. – Harikesh Mar 05 '15 at 17:26

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