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Process States in Operating System:
Process state describes the nature of current activity in a process. As process executes, its state changes. A process may be in one of the following states:
New: The process is being created (it is not yet in memory)
Running: The process has an instruction that is being executed
Waiting (Blocked): The process is waiting for some event to occur.
Ready: The process is waiting to be executed
Terminated: The process has finished execution and is no longer in memory