TCB meaning in Computing ?

Answer:

What is Task Control Block mean?

The Task Control Block (TCB) is an instance of a Process control block in an IBM System/360 architecture and successors operating system environment.

Because of the complexities of the OS/360 and successors control program dispatcher, a TCB does not strictly perform all the functions of a Process control block, although it performs most of these.

Rather, a TCB provides an anchor for a linked list of other, related request control blocks (RBs), the composite of which (i.e., the TCB plus the top-linked RB) performs the function of a Process control block.

The Program status word may be stored in one control block (possibly a PRB, a Program Request Block), while the general purpose registers may be stored in the immediately preceding control block (an SVRB, Supervisor Call Request Block, an IRB, Interruption Request Block, or the TCB itself), depending upon the particular context.

Once the control program's dispatcher selects a TCB to be dispatched, the context is determined and the general purpose registers are obtained from the appropriate control block, then the PSW is loaded from the appropriate control block thereby dispatching the unit of work.

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