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What are the states of a process in operating systems?
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Answer from AI
- New (Created): The process has just been created but is not yet ready for execution.
- Ready: The process is loaded into memory and waiting for CPU time.
- Running: The process is being executed by the CPU.
- Waiting/Blocked: The process is waiting for some event to complete (e.g., I/O operation).
- Terminated/Exit: The process has finished execution or has been forcibly terminated.