orphan process

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• Orphan process — An orphan process is a computer process whose parent process has finished or terminated, though itself remains running. In a Unix like operating system any orphaned process will be immediately adopted by the special init system process. This… …   Wikipedia

• Orphan (disambiguation) — For orphaned articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Orphan An orphan is one who has lost both parents. Orphan may also refer to: Orphan (car), an automobile (or other vehicle) built by a manufacturer that either no longer exists or has been… …   Wikipedia

• Process (computing) — In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the operating system (OS), a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that… …   Wikipedia

• Process states — In a multitasking computer system, processes may occupy a variety of states. These distinct states may not actually be recognized as such by the operating system kernel, however they are a useful abstraction for the understanding of… …   Wikipedia

• Orphan's Benefit — Mickey Mouse series Donald Duck follows Mickey Mouse on stage in their first joint appearance Directed by …   Wikipedia

• Orphan initialism — is the changing of the official name of a corporation, advocacy group or any organization to an acronym or initialism. [1] Formed like any other acronym, the initial letters of the previous name are used. Such name changes are often connected to… …   Wikipedia

• Orphan Drug Act of 1983 — The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 is a law passed in the United States designed to facilitate the development and commercialization of drugs to treat rare diseases, termed orphan drugs. Orphan drug designation does not indicate that the therapeutic is… …   Wikipedia

• Orphan drug — An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease. The assignment of orphan status to a disease and to any drugs developed… …   Wikipedia

• Orphan works in the United States — An orphan work is a copyright work where it is difficult or impossible to identify or contact the copyright owner. See United States copyright law Contents 1 Orphan works 1.1 Public Domain Enhancement Act 1.2 Copyright Office study …   Wikipedia

• Orphan Train — The Orphan Train was a social experiment that transported children from crowded coastal cities of the United States to the country s Midwest for adoption. The orphan trains ran between 1854 and 1929, relocating an estimated 200,000 orphaned,… …   Wikipedia

• Zombie process — On Unix and Unix like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table. This entry is still needed to allow the process that started the (now… …   Wikipedia