Fork is
2008
Fork is
- A.
the creation of a new job
- B.
the dispatching of a task
- C.
increasing the priority of a task
- D.
the creation of a new process
Attempted by 426 students.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
The fork() system call is used to create a new process, known as the child process. The newly created process (child) is an exact duplicate of the existing process (parent). Therefore, fork represents the creation of a new process.
A video solution is available for this question — log in and enroll to watch it.