orphan n. [Unix] A process whose parent has died;

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• orphan: [UNIX] n. A process whose parent has died; one inherited by `init(1)'.
  Compare {zombie}. -- The AI Hackers...
• zombie n. [Unix] A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a wait(2) for it yet).
  These can be seen in ps(1) listings occasionally...
• zombie: [UNIX] n. A process that has died but has not yet relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process hasn't executed a `wait(2)' for it yet).
  These can be seen in `ps(1)' listings occasionally...
• Unix: Where /sbin/init is still Job 1. --
  From a Slashdot.org...
• chain 1. vi. [orig. from BASIC's CHAIN statement] To hand off execution to a child or successor without going through the OS command interpreter that invoked it.
  The state of the parent program is lost and there...
• N: /N/ quant. 1. A large and indeterminate number of objects:
  "There were N bugs in that crock!" Also used in its...
• Hello. My $NAME is Indigo Montoya. You killed -9 my parent process.
  Prepare to vi. -- The Unix's...
• core dump n. [common Iron Age jargon, preserved by Unix] 1.
  [techspeak] A copy of the contents of core, produced...
• core dump: n. [common {Iron Age} jargon, preserved by UNIX] 1.
  [techspeak] A copy of the contents of {core}, produced...