From: Tony Williams 

Frank Haber wrote:
>> The process is killed and will terminate when it is unblocked.
>
>
> What is this, some sort of Zen Kill, then?  Do I have to redefine
"kill"
> as a concept?  It's not dead, Jim?
>
>
> -zombie

Exactly. They're called zombie processes and they can be a real nuisance.

http://www.losurs.org/docs/zombies has a good explanation.

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Tony

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