What Does Fork Mean?
Fork is a function in Unix that is used to generate a duplicate of particular process by creating two simultaneous executing processes of a program. These two processes are typically called the “parent” and “child” processes. They use multitasking protocols to share system resources.
Techopedia Explains Fork
One big element of the way that forking is implemented is the copy-on-write system used to store progressive changes to a process after forking. Typically, the static code is not duplicated, but shared. At the time that a process modifies shared code, the changes are created and stored separately. This promotes efficiency in the use of forked processes.
