Wait System Call
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What is a Zombie Process?
A zombie process is a process that has finished execution but still has an entry in the process table because its parent has not yet read its exit status.
What Does the wait() System Call Do?
wait() suspends the calling parent process until one of its child processes terminates, then reaps that child’s exit status and releases the kernel resources s…