You Asked: What Is Suspended Process in Operating System?
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Suspend ready – Process that was initially in the ready state but were swapped out of main memory(refer Virtual Memory topic) and placed onto external storage by scheduler are said to be in suspend ready state. The process will transition back to ready state whenever the process is again brought onto the main memory.

What is suspend process?

A suspended process is one that is turned off. The process exists but it does not get scheduled for execution. For example, suppose you have a server that you want to run a CPU-intensive molecular modeling program that will take two months to finish running.

What is suspend and resume process in operating system?

System suspend/resume Suspend/resume is a core func- tionaltiy of OS power management (PM). In a nutshell, a suspend procedure is often initiated by userspace. The OS synchronizes file systems, freezes all user processes, turns off individual IO devices, and finally powers off CPU cores.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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