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  • Zombie Processes: Dead Code That Still Haunts the System

    Zombie Processes: Dead Code That Still Haunts the System

    In operating systems, not every threat is loud. Some are silent, subtle, and buried deep in the process table. Zombie processes fall exactly into that category: tasks that have already finished execution but refuse to disappear. They’re technically dead, yet still present a residue of poor process management that can grow into a system-wide…