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Inoperating systems, atask manager is asystem monitorprogram used to provide information about theprocesses andapplications running on acomputer, 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 theControl-Alt-Deletekeyboard shortcut.
Task managers can display running services. (processes) as well as those that were stopped. They can display information about the services, including theirprocess identifier andgroup identifier.
In mobile operating systems, such asiOS,Android andWindows Phone, the simpler task list may be used instead of the task manager.
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