Prefork
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Prefork is a verb meaning (computing, transitive) To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
Meaning
(computing, transitive) To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
Word Forms
- preforks
- preforking
- preforked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prefeed, prefold, prefetch, preprocess, foreload, precache.
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