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===Linux kernel===

The term ''task'' is used in the Linux kernel (at least since v2.6.13,<ref>{{cite web

| title = <code>include/linux/sched.h</code>

| website = GitHub.com

| publisher = Linus Torvalds

| date = August 29, 2005

| url = https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v2.6.13/include/linux/sched.h }}</ref>, up to and including v4.8<ref>{{cite web

| title = <code>include/linux/sched.h</code>

| website = GitHub.com

| publisher = Linus Torvalds

| date = October 3, 2016

| url = https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.8/include/linux/sched.h }}</ref>) to refer to a unit of execution, which may share various system resources with other tasks on the system. Depending on the level of sharing, the task may be regarded as a conventional [[thread (computing)|thread]] or [[process (computing)|process]]. Tasks are brought into existence using the <code>clone()</code> system call,<ref>{{cite web

| title = clone, __clone2 - create a child process

| journal = Linux Programmer's Manual

| url = http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/clone.2.html

| date = July 17, 2016

| access-date = November 6, 2016}}</ref>, where a user can specify the desired level of resource sharing.

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