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The current process may wait for the child to terminate or may continue to execute concurrent computing. Creating a new subprocess requires enough memory in which both the child process and the current program can execute. There is a family of spawn functions in DOS, inherited by Microsoft Windows.
The wait system call is commonly invoked in the SIGCHLD handler. POSIX.1-2001 allows a parent process to elect for the kernel to automatically reap child processes that terminate by explicitly setting the disposition of SIGCHLD to SIG_IGN (although ignore is the default, automatic reaping only occurs if the disposition is set to ignore ...
In computer science and software engineering, busy-waiting, busy-looping or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as whether keyboard input or a lock is available.
In computer operating systems, a process (or task) may wait for another process to complete its execution. In most systems, a parent process can create an 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 executes.
"Don't repeat yourself" (DRY), also known as "duplication is evil", is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information which is likely to change, replacing it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place.
"Don't Wait", song by Dala from Who Do You Think You Are, 2007 "Don't Wait", song by The Duke Spirit 2011 "Don't Wait" (Joey Graceffa song), a 2015 song by Joey Graceffa
"Wait for You" is a song by British singer-songwriter Myles Smith. It was released in August 2024 as the second single from his second EP A Minute... . In a statement, Smith describes the song as "an introspective and deeply emotional track".
Albatross sketch at Monty Python Live (Mostly), London, in 2014.. The sketch was frequently performed live. In both the film Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) and the Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show, the sketch eventually segues into "Nudge, Nudge" when Jones' character is directed into a pub, where he meets Eric Idle's "Arthur Name" character.