Os Process Management Questions
A zombie process is a term used in operating systems to refer to a process that has completed its execution but still has an entry in the process table. It is created when a child process finishes its execution, but its parent process fails to collect its exit status. In this case, the child process becomes a zombie process, as it is no longer running but still has an entry in the process table. The zombie process remains in this state until the parent process acknowledges its termination and collects its exit status using the wait system call.