On many computer operating systems, a computer process terminates its execution by making an exit system call. More generally, an exit in a multithreading...
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In computing, exit is a command used in many operating system command-line shells and scripting languages. The command causes the shell or program to...
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the child finishes executing, it exits by calling the exit system call. This system call facilitates passing the exit status code back to the parent, which...
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A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system (OS) for real-time computing applications that processes data and events that have critically...
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The Entry/Exit System (EES) is a system of the European Union for the automatic monitoring of the border crossings of third-country nationals (non-EU/EEA/Swiss...
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other system calls of the kernel. Fork is the primary method of process creation on Unix-like operating systems. In multitasking operating systems, processes...
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Rhapsody is an operating system that was developed by Apple Computer after its purchase of NeXT in the late 1990s. It is the fifth major release of the...
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single specific child process (identified by its process ID) to exit. Some operating systems issue a signal (SIGCHLD) to the parent process when a child process...
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Unix (redirect from UNIX operating system)
trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started...
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Gentoo-based Linux distribution. The original project was called Amnesia. The operating system was born when Amnesia was merged with Incognito. The Tor Project provided...
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Daemon (computing) (redirect from Operating system service management)
In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/) is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being...
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Tricicle Exit (video game), a 2005 action/puzzle game Exit (command), a termination command in many operating systems exit (system call), a system call to...
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C# Open Source Managed Operating System (Cosmos) is a toolkit for building GUI and command-line based operating systems, written mostly in the programming...
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4690 Operating System (sometimes shortened to 4690 OS or 4690) is a specially designed point of sale (POS) operating system, originally sold by IBM. In...
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FlexOS (redirect from IBM 4680 Operating System)
FlexOS is a discontinued modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS) designed for computer-integrated manufacturing, laboratory, retail...
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Linux (redirect from Linux operating system)
name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991...
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OS/360 and successors (redirect from IBM System/360 Operating System)
known as IBM System/360 Operating System, is a discontinued batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe...
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read, write, close, wait, exec, fork, exit, and kill. Many modern operating systems have hundreds of system calls. For example, Linux and OpenBSD each...
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OpenVMS (redirect from VMS (operating system))
just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. It is designed to support time-sharing, batch processing, transaction...
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TRSDOS (redirect from LDOS (operating system))
TRSDOS (which stands for the Tandy Radio Shack Disk Operating System) is the operating system for the Tandy TRS-80 line of eight-bit Zilog Z80 microcomputers...
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MVS (redirect from MVS Operating System)
more commonly called MVS, is the most commonly used operating system on the System/370, System/390 and IBM Z IBM mainframe computers. IBM developed MVS...
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MS-DOS (redirect from Microsoft Disk Operating System)
em-es-DOSS; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly...
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an exit numbering system. It was granted an exemption in the 1950s due to having an already largely completed and signed highway system; placing exit number...
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Brexit (redirect from British exit)
Brexit (/ˈbrɛksɪt, ˈbrɛɡzɪt/; portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Following a referendum...
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IBM PC DOS (category Discontinued operating systems)
for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System), also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the IBM Personal Computer...
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Crash (computing) (redirect from Operating system crash)
crash, or system crash, occurs when a computer program such as a software application or an operating system stops functioning properly and exits. On some...
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The Murderbot Diaries (redirect from Exit Strategy (Wells novel))
2017 that the All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy novellas "have an overarching story, with the fourth one bringing...
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In computing, exec is a functionality of an operating system that runs an executable file in the context of an already existing process, replacing the...
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Multics (redirect from Multics operating system)
time-sharing operating system based on the concept of a single-level memory. Nathan Gregory writes that Multics "has influenced all modern operating systems since...
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a library of linkable modules. It originated with the 4.2BSD Unix operating system, which was released in 1983. A socket is an abstract representation...
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