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Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2007
Operating System Concepts with Java – 7
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Edition, Nov 15, 2006
Process State
As a process executes, it changes state
new: The process is being created
running: Instructions are being executed
waiting: The process is waiting for some event to occur
ready: The process is waiting to be assigned to a process
terminated: The process has finished execution