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spawn: n.,vi. 1. [techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process from
within a process. Technically this is a ‘fork’; the term
‘spawn’ is a bit more general and is used for threads
(lightweight processes) as well as traditional heavyweight processes.
2. In gaming, meant to indicate where (spawn-point) and when a player comes to life
(or re-spawns) after being
killed. Opposite of frag.
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