Everything about Process Environment Block
Windows NT data structure
In computing the Process Environment Block is a data structure in the Windows NT operating system family. It is an opaque data structure that is used by the operating system internally, most of whose fields are not intended for use by anything other than the operating system. Microsoft notes, in its MSDN Library documentation — which documents only a few of the fields — that the structure "may be altered in future versions of Windows". The PEB contains data structures that apply across a whole process, including global context, startup parameters, data structures for the program image loader, the program image base address, and synchronization objects used to provide mutual exclusion for process-wide data structures. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Process Environment BlockA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Software EngineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Predicting programming performance by using process behavior in a block-based programming environmentCited 7 times
- Go sideways: Architecture of Windows NTA closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
Software EngineeringRoger S. Pressman, Bruce Maxim · 1982
Java software solutionsLewis, John, John E. Lewis Ph. D. · 1997
Operations ManagementRoberta S. Russell, Bernard Taylor · 1998
The society of mindMarvin Minsky · 1986
Code CompleteSteve McConnell · 1993
Pthreads programmingBradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar · 1996
The millionaire real estate agentGary Keller, Dave Jenks · 2003
Internal Corporate InvestigationsBarry F. McNeil, Brad D. Brian · 1992
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