Process / Thread - State
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Process / Thread State is the state that a thread (and the main thread (process)) can take.
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An example of a process or thread state. Other sub-state may exists. It's dependent of the process runtime.
| State | Description |
|---|---|
| NEW | A thread that has not yet started is in this state. |
| RUNNABLE | A thread executing is in this state. |
| BLOCKED | A thread that is blocked is in this state. |
| WAITING | A thread that is waiting indefinitely for another thread to perform a particular action is in this state |
| TIMED_WAITING | A thread that is waiting for another thread to perform an action for up to a specified waiting time is in this state. |
| TERMINATED | A thread that has exited is in this state. |
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- when the process is running,waiting or blocked, it's located in the main memory
- when the process is swapped, it's located in the swap file system
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