Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved
With memory that slow, the processor is going to spend most of its time on wait states.
An internal condition of delay in processing time executed by the CPU when a synchronizing control signal is not present Wait states synchronize the timing of a CPU with the relatively slower access time of the computer's main memory
A state when no instructions can be executed because the processor is waiting for data from a device or from memory A holding pattern into which the 8085 can go by generating WAIT states (nops) It does this whenever its READY input is low Present computers has no wait state and are known as a zero wait state computers