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preforking

preforking is the present participle and gerund of prefork.

Meaning of prefork

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.

Questions about preforking

What is preforking the present participle and gerund of?
Preforking is the present participle and gerund of prefork.

Words near preforking in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preforking (page history and authors); prefork (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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