zombie process
noun1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A child process that has terminated but is still listed in the process table, having not yet been reaped by its parent process.
noun
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A 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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