prefork (English, verb)
expansion: prefork (third-person singular simple present preforks, present participle preforking, simple past and past participle preforked)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: preforks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: preforking
tags: participle
present
form: preforked
tags: participle
past
form: preforked
tags: past