When a new NT-native process is created by calling a system service, the caller must specify a "parent" process from which the new process inherits its token, quota, and base run-time priority for threads. The new process can optionally inherit any or all of the following from the specified parent process: A copy of the parent's virtual address space All object handles that were opened with the inheritance attribute Debugging and exception handling ports However, any user-mode process becomes a wholly independent peer to its so-called parent process as soon as it has been created. After process creation, any process-to-process dependencies become the responsibility of a protected subsystem, such as the Win32 or POSIX subsystem. A kernel-mode-only process has the initial system process as its parent.
an exact copy of its parent except for the process ID and the parent process ID
a process that was created by another process to be exactly identical to the creator process, except that it can't access any of the data of the "parent" process
a replica of the parent process and shares some of its resources, but cannot exist if the parent is terminated
A subordinate process started by a parent process.
A process started by another process
A new process created when a parent process calls the fork system call.
In subprocesses, the subordinate process that is called by the main or parent process.
Some operating systems-such as UNIX-let your program create clones of itself using the fork() function. These clones are called child processes or subprocesses. Child processes are frequently used by server processes. For example, you might fork a process (create a child process) to handle multiple request on a single socket.
An executing computer program that is started by another executing program. For example, if Process-A is running and it executes another program, Process-B, Process-B is a child process of Process-A.
process which is controlled or created by a parent process. If a parent process terminates, ordinarily the child process would be terminated as well.
A process (child) initiated by another process (the parent). The child process can operate independently from the parent process. Further, the parent process can suspend or terminate without affecting the child process. See also parent process.
A child process is a computer process created by another process (the parent process).
