A state for a computing process
11 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
1 identifiers linking blocking across the web's reference databases
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0
In computing, a process that is blocked is waiting for some event, such as a resource becoming available or the completion of an I/O operation. Once the event occurs for which the process is waiting, the process is advanced from blocked state to an imminent one, such as runnable.