Editing Task manager

{{Short description|System monitor program}}
{{For|the task manager included in Microsoft Windows|Task Manager (Windows)}}
{{distinguish|Task management software}}
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[[File:KSysGuard 5.22.0 process table screenshot.png|thumb|KDE System Guard, a task manager for [[KDE Plasma 5]]]]

In [[operating system]]s, a '''task manager''' is a [[system monitor]] [[computer program|program]] used to provide information about the [[process (computing)|processes]] and [[Application software|applications]] running on a [[computer]], as well as the general status of the computer. Some implementations can also be used to terminate processes and applications, as well as change the processes' [[scheduling priority]].  In some environments, users can access a task manager with the [[Control-Alt-Delete]] [[keyboard shortcut]].

Task managers can display running services. ([[Process (computing)|processes]]) as well as those that were stopped. They can display information about the services, including their [[process identifier]] and [[group identifier]].

==Common task managers==
* [[Activity Monitor (macOS)|Activity Monitor]], included in macOS
* [[Conky (software)|Conky]], for the X Window System
* [[htop]], for the Unix shell
* [[Plasma System Monitor]], included in [[KDE Plasma|KDE Plasma Desktop]]
* [[nmon]], for Linux and AIX
* [[ps (Unix)|ps]], for the Unix shell
* [[Task Manager (Windows)|Task Manager]], included in Windows
* [[tasklist]], for DOS
* TaskManager, included in [[MorphOS]]
* [[top (software)|top]], for the Unix shell
* Browser Task Manager in [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browser such as [[Google Chrome]] and [[Microsoft Edge]], which displays CPU and memory usage of tabs

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last=Savill|first=John|title=The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008|publisher=[[Pearson Education]]|date=2008|isbn=978-0-13-279758-0}}

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