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process that is part of a larger overall process.
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Note that extensions are loade d in the connection subprocess, that is, an unstable module will not pull the entire [...]
Planet Debian 2010
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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
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Open a pipe: perl: open ($myPipe, "command 2&1 |"); python subprocess.
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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
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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
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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
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In fact, the implementation subprocess often ends in failure.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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Typically, each one changes during the subprocess of implementation.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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The implementation subprocess consists of three stages: Redefining/restructuring, clarifying, and routinizing.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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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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