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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: Re: Terminology question: What do we call a process before/after an exec()?
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 02:19:48 EST
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> I am not aware of any terminology (of an anthromorphic nature) to describe
> the state of a process immediately before an exec() or after. It is not
> really a parent-child relationship -- it is more like a sex-change operation
> or reincarnation...

Not particularly anthropomorphic, but how about "transmogrificand" before
the exec() and "transmogrifee" after?
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