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• 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. Compare orphan....
• orphan n. [Unix] A process whose parent has died; one inherited by init(1). Compare zombie.
• orphan: [UNIX] n. A process whose parent has died; one inherited by `init(1)'.
  Compare {zombie}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• fork bomb n. [Unix] A particular species of wabbit that can be written in one line of C (main() {for(
  )fork();}) or shell ($0 & $0 &) on any Unix system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
• fork bomb: [UNIX] n. A particular species of {wabbit} that can be written in one line of C (`main() {for(
  )fork();}') or shell (`$0 & $0 &') on any UNIX system, or occasionally created by an egregious coding bug....
• hort leg on process table
• EPT Erase Process Table
• leep vi. 1. [techspeak] To relinquish a claim (of a process on a multitasking system) for service
  o indicate to the scheduler that a process may be deactivated until some given event occurs or a specified time delay elapses....
• leep: vi. 1. [techspeak] To relinquish a claim (of a process on a multitasking system) for service
  o indicate to the scheduler that a process may be deactivated until some given event occurs or a specified time delay elapses....