Process State
New
The process is in the process of begin created (allocating resources and PCB)
Running
The process is currently running on the CPU
Ready
All of the data required to run the process is in the memory, and the process is waiting in queue for the CPU to run
Waiting/Blocked
The process is waiting for some event to occur, such as I/O operation, user input, signals, etc
Terminated
The process has finished executing or forced terminated