independently executing child process. The parent process may then issue a wait system call, which suspends the execution of the parent process while the child...

generate Program Call (PC). On Unix, Unix-like and other POSIX-compliant operating systems, popular system calls are open, read, write, close, wait, exec, fork...

of the return statement. Fork bomb Fork–exec exit (system call) spawn (computing) wait (system call) Nyman, Linus (25 August 2016). "Notes on the History...

Audible tone which indicates an incoming call. 440 Hz 5 ms. Problems playing this file? See media help. Call waiting is a telephone service where a subscriber...

Ecstasy, 1993 "Wait", by Take That from Progress, 2010 Wait (command), computer shell command Wait (system call), operating system call Wait Chapel, building...

operating system and a SIGCHLD signal is sent to the parent process. The exit status can then be retrieved by the parent process via the wait system call. Most...

way to get rid of them is to reboot the system. Signal System time sleep (command) Sleep mode wait (system call) MSDN Library Reference - Sleep() "winapi...

read its child's exit status: once the exit status is read via the wait system call, the zombie's entry is removed from the process table and it is said...

without the condition being assigned if the process is signaled; the wait system call aborts and returns EINTR. The Linux p-thread implementation of condition...

system call. This system call facilitates passing the exit status code back to the parent, which can retrieve this value using the wait system call....

the process table as a zombie process until its parent process calls the wait system call to read its exit status, at which point the process is removed...

Because the child is still consuming system resources but not executing it is known as a zombie process. The wait system call is commonly invoked in the SIGCHLD...

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is an hour-long weekly news radio panel show produced by WBEZ and National Public Radio (NPR) in Chicago, Illinois. On the...

A call-to-gate system is an airport terminal design in which passengers are kept in a central area until shortly before their flight is due to board,...

groups of pagers), enabling clients to page by telephone call, e-mail and SMS. Paging systems also support various types of direct connection protocols...

For most file systems, a program initializes access to a file in a file system using the open system call. This allocates resources associated to the...

needed] system calls to request operations on the wait queue (for example to wake up waiting processes, or to put the current process on the wait queue)...

queueing is sometimes replaced by virtual queueing. In a waiting room there may be a system whereby the queuer asks and remembers where their place is...

operating system to clean up the resources used by a child process after its termination without an explicit call to the wait system call. SIGCONT The...

operating system resource. Many embedded systems and RTOSs, however, allow the application itself to run in kernel mode for greater system call efficiency...

any system call in progress. In fact, it is possible for a process to put itself into a "hibernate" state (with the $HIBER system call), or to wait for...

background process [2] 1986 $ wait %2 # waits for background job number 2 to terminate, then returns wait (system call) The Wikibook Guide to Unix has...

operating system, a deadlock occurs when a process or thread enters a waiting state because a requested system resource is held by another waiting process...

by the hardware and frequently makes system calls to an OS function or is interrupted by it. Operating systems are found on many devices that contain...

is well integrated into most Unix-like operating systems. Pipes are created using the pipe system call, which creates a new pipe and returns a pair of...

callers with an alternative to waiting on hold when no agents are available to handle inbound call demand. Historically call centres have been built on Private...

currently in the system. If k denotes the number of jobs in the system (either being serviced or waiting if the queue has a buffer of waiting jobs), then an...

computer system that makes outgoing calls from a call centre to customers from call agents based upon a loaded list of contacts. Whereas automatic call distribution...

processes waiting for a resource), it transfers a blocked process from the semaphore's waiting queue to the ready queue. Many operating systems provide...

management related, call forwarding (busy and no answer), voice mail, call waiting, conference calling, calling name and number display, call screening, malicious...