ThreadState Enumeration
Specifies the current execution state of the thread.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Initialized | A state that indicates the thread has been initialized, but has not yet started. | |
| Ready | A state that indicates the thread is waiting to use a processor because no processor is free. The thread is prepared to run on the next available processor. | |
| Running | A state that indicates the thread is currently using a processor. | |
| Standby | A state that indicates the thread is about to use a processor. Only one thread can be in this state at a time. | |
| Terminated | A state that indicates the thread has finished executing and has exited. | |
| Transition | A state that indicates the thread is waiting for a resource, other than the processor, before it can execute. For example, it might be waiting for its execution stack to be paged in from disk. | |
| Unknown | The state of the thread is unknown. | |
| Wait | A state that indicates the thread is not ready to use the processor because it is waiting for a peripheral operation to complete or a resource to become free. When the thread is ready, it will be rescheduled. |
Important |
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There are two thread state enumerations, System.Diagnostics.ThreadState and System.Threading.ThreadState. The thread state enumerations are only of interest in a few debugging scenarios. Your code should never use thread state to synchronize the activities of threads. |
Available since 1.1
