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  • noun A process that is part of a larger overall process.

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sub- +‎ process

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Examples

  • Note that extensions are loade d in the connection subprocess, that is, an unstable module will not pull the entire [...]

    Planet Debian 2010

  • Page 5: A process can initiate a subprocess, which is a called a child process (and the initiating process is sometimes referred to as its parent).

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows guest8b0942 2009

  • Open a pipe: perl: open ($myPipe, "command 2&1 |"); python subprocess.

    A few more Python thoughts from a Perl guy : #comments 2008

  • This uncertainty is one reason for the special difficulties that computer technologies frequently encounter in the implementation subprocess.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • The innovation process consists of a usual sequence of five stages Figure 10-2, two in the initiation subprocess and three in the implementation subprocess.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • More generally, the Santa Monica Diamond Lane demonstrated the crucial importance of the implementation subprocess in the innovation process.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • In fact, the implementation subprocess often ends in failure.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • Typically, each one changes during the subprocess of implementation.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • The implementation subprocess consists of three stages: Redefining/restructuring, clarifying, and routinizing.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • For a start, obviously, we can have handlers that provide a CGI protocol bound to .cgi extensions, perhaps; execute the file as a subprocess.

    Snell-Pym » A design for a Scheme web application framework 2007

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