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13 What is a zombie interval?

  1. 1 The interval between child terminating and the parent calling wait()

  2. 2 The interval between parent terminating and the child calling popen()

  3. 3 The interval between parent terminating and the child termination

  4. 4 None
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Explanation

A zombie process is a child process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table. The zombie interval is specifically the time duration between the child process terminating and the parent process calling wait() to read its exit status.

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