What are the process states in Unix?
Process states in Linux:
Running: Process is either running or ready to run
Interruptible: a Blocked state of a process and waiting for an event or signal from another process
Uninterruptible: a blocked state. Process waits for a hardware condition and cannot handle any signal
Stopped: Process is stopped or halted and can be restarted by some other process
Zombie: process terminated, but information is still there in the process table.
What are the process states in UNIX?
UNIX has the following process states:
1) Running
2) Suspended (sleep)
3) Stopped
4) Zombie
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