Re: i don't understand what this word mean.

ilovecpp@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Recently, I've read a book "Linux Kernel Primer" and English is not my
mother languege.



what does mean, "spawn off".


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=spawn%20

<quote>
<operating system> To create a child process in a
multitasking operating system. E.g. Unix's fork
system call or one of the spawn() library routines provided
by most MS-DOS, Novell NetWare and OS/2 {C} compilers -
spawnl(), spawnle(), etc.
</quote>
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