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  1. #Nomenclature 🎯#naming pause:
    In the #software environment, the #fork system call causes a running process to #split itself into two identical copies.

    "The purpose of fork() is to create a new process, which becomes the #child process of the caller."

    Taking the #code out of an app and modifying it without the original community is #forking. The #GNUProject in 1996 already used the word for a schism and not a subgroup: groups.google.com/g/gnu.misc.d

    #dev #history #etymology #softDev #freeSoftware 👇🏾