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Explain the following process state:
Ready State
Explain the ready process state of process management.
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Solution
A process that is not waiting for any external event such as an I/O operation but is not currently executing is said to be in the ready state. In reality, such a process could run immediately, but since the CPU is busy executing another process, it waits for the CPU to become available.
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