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<operating system> To create a child process in a multitasking operating system. E.g. Unix's fork system call or one of the spawn() library routines provided by most MS-DOS, Novell NetWare and OS/2 C compilers - spawnl(), spawnle(), etc.
(01 Mar 1995)
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| spawn | medical dictionary |
1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. To bring forth; to generate; used in contempt. "One edition [of books] spawneth another." (Fuller)
Origin: OE. Spanen, OF. Espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. Expandere to spread out. See Expand.
1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2. To issue, as offspring; used contemptuously.
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; used contemptuously.
3. <botany> The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. <botany> The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
<zoology> Spawn eater, a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
See: Spawn.
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