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A process can be
- New (a new process is being created)
- Running (executing on the CPU at that instant)
- Waiting (unable to run, blocked or waiting for an external event)
- Ready (runnable; temporarily stopped to let another process run)
- Terminated (process is dead ; being deleted)
Figure 4:
Why no transitions from Waiting to Running ?
Omer F Rana
Thu Feb 6 16:16:03 GMT 1997