In a blocking system call, the execution of a process is suspended
A) until the process is woken up by some other process.
B) until a fixed amount of time has elapsed.
C) the kernel raises the priority of that process.
D) the I/O has completed.

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In a blocking system call, the execution of a process is suspended until the I/O operation has completed. Once the I/O operation is finished, the process is unblocked and can resume its execution.

In a Blocking System Call, the Execution of a Process