A user needs to stop an application that is running on a laptop. Which of the following best describes the part of the OS that is needed to perform this operation?

Task scheduling automates the execution of programs or scripts at predefined times or in response to specific events, rather than directly managing running applications.

Disk management is concerned with organizing and maintaining storage devices, such as creating partitions, formatting drives, and assigning drive letters.

Access control determines which users or processes can access specific resources, but it's not the primary function for stopping an already running application.

Process management is the operating system's function responsible for handling the creation, scheduling, termination, and resource allocation for running applications, each of which is considered a process. When a user stops an application, they are interacting with the OS's process management features to terminate that specific process.