Meaning of PID, PPID and TGID

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  • PID: Process Id
  • PPID: Parent Process Id (the one which launched this PID)
  • TGID: Thread Group Id

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Updated on July 12, 2022

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    Nordlöw almost 2 years

    What does the Linux kernel acronyms PID, PPID, TGID stand for?

    I stumbled upon them at strace-pids.

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