zombie process
zombie process · zombie processes
A child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having…A child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.
Meaning
1 sensesA child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.
Forms
plural: zombie processes| Singular | zombie process |
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Synonyms
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