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  1. Fork is

  2. A.

     the dispatching of a task

    B.

     the creation of a new job

    C.

     the creation of a new process

    D.

     increasing the priority of a task

    E.

     None of the above

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    Answer : Option C

    Explanation :

    In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself. It is usually a system call, implemented in the kernel. Fork is the primary method of process creation on Unix-like operating systems.


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