Process Forking

Process forking is a way to create a new process from an existing process. The new process is a copy of the existing process. The new process is called a child process and the existing process is called a parent process.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• @article@Fork System Call in Operating System
• @video@Understanding fork() system call for new process creation
• @video@fork() and exec() System Calls
• @video@The fork() function in C