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SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
copyrights:
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
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glossary-type: term
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  uid: ../glossary-general
term: ready task
text: |
  A task occupies this state when it is available to be given control of a
  processor.  A ready task has no processor assigned.  The scheduler
  decided that other tasks are currently more important.  A task that is
  ready to execute and has a processor assigned is called scheduled.
type: glossary