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prefork

prefork verb: to fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.

Verb

prefork (third-person singular simple present preforks, present participle preforking, simple past and past participle preforked)

  1. (transitive) To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.

Forms of prefork

third-person singular presentpreforks
present participlepreforking
past participlepreforked
pastpreforked

Origin of prefork

From pre- + fork.

Questions about prefork

What does prefork mean?
Prefork means to fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
What part of speech is prefork?
Prefork is a verb.
What is the past tense of prefork?
The past tense of prefork is preforked.

Words near prefork in the dictionary

  1. prefollicular
  2. preforcing
  3. preforeclosure
  4. preforeclosures
  5. preforgiveness
  6. prefork
  7. preforked
  8. preforking
  9. preforks
  10. preform
  11. preformalin

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