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zombie processes

zombie processes is the plural of zombie process.

Meaning of zombie process

Noun

zombie process (plural zombie processes)

  1. A child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.
    Synonyms:
    zombie state

Questions about zombie processes

What is zombie processes the plural of?
Zombie processes is the plural of zombie process.

Words near zombie processes in the dictionary

  1. zombie organizations
  2. zombie out
  3. zombie path
  4. zombie paths
  5. zombie process
  6. zombie processes
  7. zombie program
  8. zombie programs
  9. zombie S&L
  10. zombie S&Ls
  11. Zombie Simpsons

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