This document discusses different process state models in operating systems, including two-state, five-state, and seven-state models. The two-state model has running and not running states. The five-state model adds new, ready, running, blocked, and exit states. Processes move between these states during execution. The seven-state model divides the suspended state in the five-state model into blocked/suspend and ready/suspend states to provide more granularity.
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