1. Process and Thread State Diagrams
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2. Basic Transitions
# ready queues may be >1
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3. Java Thread States waiting Ready/Running new Terminated
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4. UNIX Process States C New D Pre-empted Ready in memory Ready Swapped
A=system call or interrupt
B=interrupt/return
C=RAM available
D=no RAM C
New D
Pre-empted
Ready in memory
swap in/out
Ready Swapped
int/sig A
re-sched
User Running
Waiting in memory
Kernel Running
Waiting Swapped B
Terminated
Blocking I/O or Wait requested
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5. Windows Thread States Runnable Not runnable CPU scheduled New Ready
Running
preempted
Block requested
Block released
Waiting
Terminated
Page/stack wait
Not runnable
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6. Linux Process/Thread States
New
Ready
Running
Terminated
H/W
Any signal or event
Uninterruptible
Interruptible
Signal
Stopped*
ULT=kernel-level process
* Requires action from another process
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