Related:

• SEX - Spawn EXec (create child process)
• unixism n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory Unix systems.
  Common unixisms include: gratuitous use of fork(2)...
• unixism: n. A piece of code or a coding technique that depends on the protected multi-tasking environment with relatively low process-spawn overhead that exists on virtual-memory UNIX systems.
  Common {unixism}s include: gratuitous use of `fork(2)'...
• lightweight adj. Opposite of heavyweight; usually found in combining forms such as `lightweight process'.
• hell out vi. [Unix] To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program (e.
  g., a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang alone shells out....
• deadlock n. 1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something.
  A common example is a program communicating to a server, which may find itself waiting for output from the server before sending anything more to it, while the server is similarly waiting for more input from the controlling program before outputting anything....
• deadlock: n. 1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something.
  A common example is a program communicating to a server, which may find itself waiting for output from the server before sending anything more to it, while the server is similarly waiting for more input from the controlling program before outputting anything....
• hell out: [UNIX] n. To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program (e.
  g., a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang alone shells out....
• lightweight: adj. Opposite of {heavyweight}; usually found in combining forms such as `lightweight process'.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...