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A process is an 'instance' of a program. A program by itself is a set of instructions usually stored in a file. You generally compile a program into an executable. Think of executable as the form of a program that machine can understand. Now, when you execute a program, it results in an instance and hence a process.

In Windows, here are some examples:

Write a batch program using windows commands and store in a .bat file. This type of program does not need any further compilation. Now running it will result in a process. Depending on what the batch file is doing this may be a long running process (and hence you will see it in the task manager) or a short one.

Write a program in C language with a main in it (main is an entry point into a program with input and output). Compile it using a C compiler and the result is a .exe. Running this exe creates a process.

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