ZOMBIE


Meaning of ZOMBIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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 .

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.