Chapter 3 - Process description and control. After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Define the term process and explain the relationship between processes and process control blocks, explain the concept of a process state and discuss the state transitions the processes undergo, list and describe the purpose of the data structures and data structure elements used by an OS to manage processes. | Lecture Operating systems: Internalsand design principles (7/e): Chapter 3 - William Stallings