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<operating system> A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)".
Compare zombie.
(1996-05-29)
Nearby terms: ORKID « ORM « orphaned i-node « orphan process » ORTHOCARTAN » orthogonal » orthogonal instruction set
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