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Fork is

A. the dispatching of a task

B. the creation of a new job

C. the creation of a new process

D. increasing the priority of a task

E. None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a process creates a copy of itself. It is usually a system call, implemented in the kernel. Fork is the primary method of process creation on Unix-like operating systems.

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