forks

v. branch out, split, separate, divide; make into the shape of a fork; pierce or lift with a fork

n. eating utensil with two or more prongs; pitchfork or other agricultural tool with prongs; road junction; branching out; spoke, cog; tuning fork

Forks may refer to:Fork, a pronged eating utensilForks, Washington, a city in the United StatesForks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a township in the United StatesForks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, a township in the United States
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Noun
1. cutlery used for serving and eating food
(hypernym) cutlery, eating utensil
(hyponym) carving fork
(part-meronym) prong
2. the act of branching out or dividing into branches
(synonym) branching, ramification, forking
(hypernym) division
(hyponym) bifurcation
(derivation) bifurcate
3. a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
(synonym) branch, leg, ramification
(hypernym) subfigure
(hyponym) bifurcation
(part-holonym) furcation, forking
4. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) hayfork
(part-meronym) prong
(derivation) pitchfork
5. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
(synonym) crotch
(hypernym) angle
(part-holonym) body, organic structure, physical structure
Verb
1. lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"
(synonym) pitchfork
(hypernym) lift
2. place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
(hypernym) attack, aggress
(classification) chess, chess game
3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
(synonym) branch, ramify, furcate, separate
(hypernym) diverge
(hyponym) arborize, arborise
(verb-group) ramify, branch
(derivation) branching, ramification, forking
4. shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) branch, leg, ramification

<operating system> A Unix system call used by a process (the "parent") to make a copy (the "child") of itself. The child process is identical to the parent except it has a different process identifier and a zero return value from the fork call. It is assumed to have used no resources.
A fork followed by an exec can be used to start a different process but this can be inefficient and some later Unix variants provide vfork as an alternative mechanism for this.
See also fork bomb.
(1996-12-08)

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