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fork
(1) To split into a different direction. See forked version. (2) In Unix, to make a copy of a process for execution. (3) In the Macintosh file system, a fork is a top- level structure that...
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Definition: fork
(1) To split into a different direction. See forked version.
(2) In Unix, to make a copy of a process for execution.
(3) In the Macintosh file system, a fork is a top- level structure that separates data folders and files from other resources. See HFS.
(4) In a SIP telephony system, to search multiple locations for a recipient. See forking proxy.
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What Oracle gave up for the Sun it wanted
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The scaling problem and open source
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On forking and contributor agreements
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OpenOffice won't fork -- for now
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