Meanings
nounzombie process (plural zombie processes)
plural zombie processes
- computingA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.
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