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(thing) by linux8086 (8.1 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Apr 23 2000 at 23:04:28

The new name for a zombie process on a UNIX or Linux system. It is a child process that has been a remnant after it's parent process has died.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:57:28

De*funct" (?). a. [L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to perform, discharge: cf. F. d'efunt. See Function.]

Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

"Defunct organs."

Shak.

The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. Byron.

 

© Webster 1913.


De*funct", n.

A dead person; one deceased.

 

© Webster 1913.


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