Usually means: Originator of other computer processes.
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  1. parent process: Dictionary.com
  2. Parent process: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. parent process: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. parent process, Parent process: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Parent process)

noun:  In computing, a parent process is a process that has created one or more child processes.


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