Thread States

UnStarted - the thread has just been created and is ready for execution
Running - the thread is executing
SleepWaitJoin - the thread is waiting on some event to occur, when this event occurs the thread will be put back into running state
Suspended - (now obselete) the thread has been stopped by another thread it will be put back into running state when it is resumed
Stopped - the threads life has ended, caused by the normal termination of the thread function or by the thread being aborted