Task manager
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A task manager is a program used to provide information about the processes and programs running on a computer, as well as the general status of the computer. It can also be used to terminate processes and programs, as well as change the processes' priority.
[edit] Common task managers
- Windows Task Manager on modern versions of Microsoft Windows (known as "Tasks" in Windows 9x)
- Activity Monitor on Mac OS X (known as Process Viewer prior to Mac OS X v10.3)
- AIX procmon GUI process monitoring tool.
- GKrellM on BSD, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X.
- KDE System Guard and KTop on KDE.
- GNOME System Monitor on GNOME.
