1. The document discusses the process states in an operating system including new, ready, running, wait, block, and terminate. It describes how processes transition between these states.
2. Interprocess communication methods are described including message passing, mailboxes, queues, pipes, and stacks. Synchronization techniques like blocking and nonblocking are also covered.
3. The document provides examples of process listings from Linux and describes the components of a process control block including the process ID, program counter, registers, and more. It also discusses process scheduling and contexts switching.