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+
+//A process which has finished its execution but still has an entry in the process table to report to its parent process is known as a zombie process.
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // fork() creates child process identical to parent
+    int pid = fork();
+
+    // if pid is greater than 0 than it is parent process
+    // if pid is 0 then it is child process
+    // if pid is -ve , it means fork() failed to create child process
+
+    // Parent process
+    if (pid > 0)
+        sleep(20);
+
+    // Child process
+    else {
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}