Generally spoken there are 2 major process types: Browser and Renderer.
Browser process
– There exists just one running browser process for one browser instance.
– It’s the main process and it works as the main coordinator.
– It handles all its browser windows with their browser frames and tabs.
Renderer process
– There are possibly multiple running renderer processes for one browser instance.
– These processes are responsable for the rendering of webpages.
– Every renderer process handes its own website instance (default) / website / tab.
The reason for this multi process architecture is the website isolation and the crash stability.
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