Usually means: Process whose parent has terminated.
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  2. Orphan process: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Orphan process)

noun:  An orphan process is a computer process whose parent process has finished or terminated, though it remains running itself.


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