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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spawn</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spangle.html" title="spangle"/><link rel="next" href="special-case.html" title="special-case"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spawn</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spangle.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="special-case.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spawn"/><dt xmlns="" id="spawn"><b>spawn</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.,vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process from
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within a process. Technically this is a ‘fork’; the term
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‘spawn’ is a bit more general and is used for threads
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(lightweight processes) as well as traditional heavyweight processes.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. In gaming, meant to indicate where (<span class="firstterm">spawn-point</span>) and when a player comes to life
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(or <span class="firstterm">re-spawns</span>) after being
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killed. Opposite of <a href="../F/frag.html"><i class="glossterm">frag</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spangle.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="special-case.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spangle </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> special-case</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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