A process is suspended and waiting for an available time slot on the CPU or waiting for an event to occur. What is this known as?
A.
Sleep state
B.
Run state
C.
Masked/interruptible state
D.
Wait state
Explanation:
There are four process states that applications run in: run, wait,
sleep, and masked/interruptible. The sleep state means that the process has stopped
and is waiting for a time allotment from the CPU or is waiting for an event to
occur, such as user input.