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Old 05-25-2010, 08:03 AM   #1
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zombie process


Hi,

Does zombie process consume and waste any cpu cycles or memory ??
 
Old 05-25-2010, 08:23 AM   #2
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Nope. Zombies are processes that finished their execution but their parent has not been notified about their status. Therefore they wander forever... or at least until the parent is alive... and they don't consume resources.
 
  


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