See prefork on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "pre", "3": "fork" }, "expansion": "pre- + fork", "name": "prefix" } ], "etymology_text": "From pre- + fork.", "forms": [ { "form": "preforks", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "preforking", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "preforked", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "preforked", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "prefork (third-person singular simple present preforks, present participle preforking, simple past and past participle preforked)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms prefixed with pre-", "English transitive verbs", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Computing" ], "glosses": [ "To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later." ], "links": [ [ "computing", "computing#Noun" ], [ "fork", "fork" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(computing, transitive) To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later." ], "tags": [ "transitive" ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "sciences" ] } ], "word": "prefork" }
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