That part of the arc located behind such intersections lack recent volcanic. activity and the active volcanoes are generally located along the ocean side of the arc. Inner arcs consists of a double line of islands up to 1500â2000 km in length and the. volcanoes occur on the inner side of the arc.
Part of the Operating systems glossary: A process is an instance of a program running in a computer. It is close in meaning to task, a term used in some operating systems.
Process. 1. A process refers to a set of instructions currently being processed by the computer processor. For example, in Windows you can see each of the processes running by opening the Processes tab in Task Manager. Windows Processes are Windows Services and background programs you normally don't see running on the computer. For example, a process may be a printer program that runs in the background and monitors the ink and other printer settings while the computer is running.