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The Three Process States

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A process cycles through execution states: ready when awaiting a core, running when executing, blocked when awaiting an event such as input — transitions driven by scheduler and events.

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A class holds students working, hands raised, and one waiting on the printer.

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Blocked is waiting on the world, not on the CPU.