What is the meaning of pid, uid and gids in Logcat Message?

The Android Logcat the following message appears: I/ActivityManager(59): Start proc com.abc.xyz:mnp for service com.abc.xyz/.contact.SomeService: pid=31198 uid=10036 gids={3003, 1015}.

What are the values pid, uidand gids, and the number in front of them here?

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These are standard Linux terms:

  • pid= process id
  • uid= The user ID of the application to which this process belongs.
  • gid= IDs of the application groups to which this process belongs.
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