Question

For most general purpose processors, how does the operating system handle the situation when the processor is idle?

Answer 1

The operating system handle this system idle situation by using the System Idle Process.

Step-by-step explanation:

This system idle process constantly keeps the processor occupied means that the processor will not freeze when no processes are in work.When a process is using 12% of the CPU then 88% of the CPU is used by the system idle process.You can see this in the task manager of your windows.