I am studying memory management in operating system and in general context i just want to know is there any difference between routine and process. Thanks in advance

Yes, there is. A routine usually means a piece of code such as a subroutine, coroutine or function that is called by other other code in some way. A process is code that is actually in execution. This implies that one routine could actually be part of the codes being executed in two (or more) processes.

What is the difference between routine and process

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Yes, there is.

A routine usually means a piece of code such as a subroutine, coroutine or function that is called by other other code in some way.

A process is code that is actually in execution. This implies that one routine could actually be part of the codes being executed in two (or more) processes.