What is the state of the processor, when a process is
waiting for some event to occur?
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Answer Posted / kuga
Processes can be in one of three states: running, ready, or
waiting. The running state means that the process has all
the resources it need for execution and it has been given
permission by the operating system to use the processor.
Only one process can be in the running state at any given
time. The remaining processes are either in a waiting state
(i.e., waiting for some external event to occur such as user
input or a disk access) or a ready state (i.e., waiting for
permission to use the processor). In a real operating
system, the waiting and ready states are implemented as
queues which hold the processes in these states. The
animation below shows a simple representation of the life
cycle of a process
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