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What do you mean by a Zombie Process In Linux?
In Linux, a Zombie Process is also known as a dead or defunct process. It is a process that has completed the execution, but its access remains inside the process table. Usually, it happens because of insufficient correspondence between child and parent processes.

This process appears for the child process due to the parent process requires reading the child process's status. This process is deleted from the process table once it is finished with the wait system call.
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