Zombie process

wikipedia:Zombie process is a process that has completed execution (via the exit system call) but still has an entry in the process table.

Zombies can be identified in the output from the Unix ps command by the presence of a "Z" in the "STAT" column.

Related term

• PPID
• kill
• Fork bomb

See also

• Process, zombie process, fork, thread: ps, tree, pstree, ps axf, proc, pwdx, which, watch, sar -q, tload, uptime, Interrupts, pgrep, tasklist (Windows), Zombie process, pstack, docker ps, docker-compose ps, jobs, acct, process mrelease, pidstat, IPC, pidof