Difference between revisions of "Background process"

Most current versions of [[Smart Phone]]s now include the ability to start background processes.  Due to hardware limits, background processes on mobile operating systems are often restricted to certain tasks or consumption levels.  On [[Android (operating system)|Android]], CPU use for background processes is bounded at 5 - 10%.<ref name="phone"> Matt Buchanan ''giz-explains-how-multitasking-works-on-a-phone'' Gizmodo (2010-04-21) https://gizmodo.com/5527407/ https://web.archive.org/web/20101017123040/http://gizmodo.com/5527407/giz-explains-how-multitasking-works-on-a-phone</ref>  Third-party applications on Apple's [[iOS]] are limited to a subset of functions while running in the background.  On both iOS and Android, background processes can be killed by the system if they are using too much memory.