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A zombie is:
-1. A rum drink:
+1. A __
rum drink__
:
* 2 1/2 oz Light rum
* 1 oz Jamaica rum
* 1/2 oz Apricot flavored brandy
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* juice of one orange
* 1 tsp powdered sugar
* 1/2 oz 151-proof rum
-2. An UnDead
creature that feeds on the brains of the living. See also: ZombieHuntingForDummies
+2. __
An Undead
creature__
that feeds on the brains of the living.
-3. On a [Unix] system, a [Process] that has called exit(3), but whose parent process has not yet called the wait() function to be notified of its termination.
+3. On a [Unix] system, __
a [Process] that has called exit(3), but whose parent process has not yet called the wait() function to be notified of its termination.__
Note that although zombie processes will show up in ps(1) and top(1), the only resource they use is an entry in the process table; they cannot be allocated memory or CPU time.
The only way to get rid of a zombie process is to either kill the parent process, or convince it to call wait().
Pressing the i key in top will tell it not to display idle and zombie processes.
Want to know more? Have a look at ZombieProcess or the manpages for ps(1), top(1) and wait(2).
