Created Terminated Main Memory Running Ready Blocked Swapped out and waiting Swapped out and blocked Page file/swap space THE VARIOUS PROCESS STATES,DISPLAYED IN A STATE DIAGRAM,WITH ARROWS INDICATING POSSIBLE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN STATES -AS CAN BE SEEN.SOME PROCESSES ARE STORED IN MAIN MEMORY,AND SOME ARE STORED IN SECONDARY (VIRTUAL)MEMORY. Reference from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_statesTHE VARIOUS PROCESS STATES, DISPLAYED IN A STATE DIAGRAM, WITH ARROWS INDICATING POSSIBLE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN STATES - AS CAN BE SEEN, SOME PROCESSES ARE STORED IN MAIN MEMORY, AND SOME ARE STORED IN SECONDARY (VIRTUAL) MEMORY. Ready Reference from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_states