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- Initial function that was run by the given process

     

       
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- PIDs to all ancestors of the given process

     

       
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Different processes abstractions (like `get_server`/`GenServer`, Elixir's

     

       
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Different processes abstractions (like `gen_server`/`GenServer`, Elixir's

     

       
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`Task`, etc.) can store even more metadata there, `logger` store process

     

       
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metadata in process dictionary, `rand` store state of the PRNGs in the process

     

       
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dictionary. it's used quite extensively by some OTP features.