Task manager

In operating systems, a task manager is a system monitor program used to provide information about the processes and applications running on a computer, as well as the general status of the computer. Some implementations can also be used to terminate processes and applications, as well as change the processes' scheduling priority. In some environments, users can access a task manager with the Control-Alt-Delete keyboard shortcut.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2018)

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2019)

Task managers can display running services. (processes) as well as those that were stopped. They can display information about the services, including their process identifier and group identifier.

Common task managers

References

Wikiwand - on