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[[File:Process states.svg|right|300px|thumb|The various process states, displayed in a [[state diagram]], with arrows indicating possible transitions between states.]]
 
An operating system [[Kernelkernel (computingoperating system)|kernel]] that allows multitasking needs processes to have [[process states|certain states]]. Names for these states are not standardised, but they have similar functionality.<ref name="OSC Chap4"/>
 
* First, the process is "created" by being loaded from a [[Auxiliary memory|secondary storage]] device ([[hard disk drive]], [[CD-ROM]], etc.) into [[main memory]]. After that the [[Scheduling (computing)|process scheduler]] assigns it the "waiting" state.