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Explain fork() system call?

Correct Answer: The `fork()’ used to create a new process from an existing process The new process is called the child process, and the existing process is called the parent We can tell which is which by checking the return value from `fork()’ The parent gets the child’s pid returned to him, but the child gets 0 returned to him

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