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===Processes===

Erlang applications are built of very lightweight Erlang processes in the Erlang runtime system. Erlang processes can be seen as "living" objects ([[object-oriented programming]]), with data encapsulation and [[message passing]], but capable of changing behavior during runtime. The Erlang runtime system provides strict [[process isolation]] between Erlang processes (this includes data and garbage collection, separated individually by each Erlang process) and transparent communication between processes (see [[Location transparency]]) on different Erlang nodes (on different hosts).

Joe Armstrong, co-inventor of Erlang, summarized the principles of processes in his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] [[thesis]]:<ref>http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>