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A zombie is:
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A rum drink:
+1.
A rum drink:
-2 1/2 oz Light rum
-1 oz Jamaica rum
-1/2 oz Apricot flavored brandy
-1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
-1 oz passion fruit syrup
-juice of 1 lime
-juice of one orange
-1 tsp powdered sugar
-1/2 oz 151-proof rum
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2 1/2 oz Light rum
+*
1 oz Jamaica rum
+*
1/2 oz Apricot flavored brandy
+*
1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
+*
1 oz passion fruit syrup
+*
juice of 1 lime
+*
juice of one orange
+*
1 tsp powdered sugar
+*
1/2 oz 151-proof rum
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An UnDead creature that feeds on the brains of the living. See also: ZombieHuntingForDummies
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An UnDead creature that feeds on the brains of the living. See also: ZombieHuntingForDummies
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On a [unix] system, a [process] that has died
but has not yet relinquished
its process table slot
+3.
On a [unix] system, a [process] that has called exit(),
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] and [top], 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.
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+Want to know more? Have a look at the manpages for ps, top and wait.
