What are the process states in Unix/Linux?

In Unix/Linux operating systems, processes can be in one of the following states:

1. RUNNING & RUNNABLE

2. INTERRRUPTABLE_SLEEP

3. UNINTERRUPTABLE_SLEEP

4. STOPPED

5. ZOMBIE

Let’s discuss these states in this article.

How to kill process in Unix/Linux?

There are different options to terminate a process in Unix/Linux flavour of operating systems. This article intends to list down those options.