spawn

n.,vi. 1. [techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process from
within a process. Technically this is a fork ; the term spawn is a bit more
general and is used for threads (lightweight processes) as well as
traditional heavyweight processes. 2. In gaming, meant to indicate where (
spawn-point ) and when a player comes to life (or re-spawns ) after being
killed. Opposite of frag.