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Forked Crosses
A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking. Fork may also refer to: Implements * Fork (road), a type of intersection where a road splits * Bicycle fork, the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached * Garden fork, a pronged tool designed for digging * Military fork, a pole weapon used between the 15th and 19th centuries * Motorcycle fork, the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel * Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments * Winnowing fork, a tined implement used to separate grain and chaff Places * Fork, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Fork, Maryland, United States, a town * Fork Township (other), several districts in the United States Computing * Fork (file system), a part of a file in certain filesystems * Fork (software development), when a piece of software or other work is split into two branches or variations of development * Fork (system call), the method whereby a running process creates a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (file System)
In a computer file system, a fork is a set of data associated with a file-system object. File systems without forks only allow a single set of data for the contents, while file systems with forks allow multiple such contents. Every non-empty file must have at least one fork, often of default type, and depending on the file system, a file may have one or more other associated forks, which in turn may contain primary data integral to the file, or just metadata. Unlike ''Extended file attributes, extended attributes'', a similar file system feature which is typically of fixed size, forks can be of variable size, possibly even larger than the file's primary data fork. The size of a file is the sum of the sizes of each fork. Alternatives On file systems without forks, one may instead use multiple separate files that are associated with each other, particularly sidecar files for metadata. However, the connection between these files is not automatically preserved by the file system, and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forks (other)
The Forks may refer to: Places Canada *The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba, a district around the confluence of the Red River of the North and Assiniboine River *Saskatchewan River Forks, where the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers combine to form the Saskatchewan River United States * The Forks, California, unincorporated community in Mendocino County *The Forks, Kentucky *The Forks, Maine, a small community *The Forks, a common nickname given to Greater Grand Forks, the cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota *"The Forks", the original settlement which preceded Burlington, North Dakota, near the confluence of the Des Lacs River and the Mouse River *"The Forks", a critically and commercially panned band from Minnesota, that set a record for most reports on a Spotify page in platform history Other uses *"The forks", referring in Australian English to the "V sign The ''V sign'' is a hand gesture in which the index and middle finge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forks (other)
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Forks may refer to: *Forks, Washington, a town in the United States *Forks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a township in the United States * Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, a township in the United States See also * Fork (other) *The Forks (other) The Forks may refer to: Places Canada *The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba, a district around the confluence of the Red River of the North and Assiniboine River *Saskatchewan River Forks, where the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Fork
Operation or Operations may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Operation'' (game), a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity * Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory * ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man Publishing's house organ for articles and discussion about its wargaming products * ''The Operation'' (film), a 1973 British television film * ''The Operation'' (1990), a crime, drama, TV movie starring Joe Penny, Lisa Hartman, and Jason Beghe * ''The Operation'' (1992–1998), a reality television series from TLC * The Operation M.D., formerly The Operation, a Canadian garage rock band * "Operation", a song by Relient K from '' The Creepy EP'', 2001 Business * Business operations, the harvesting of value from assets owned by a business * Manufacturing operations, operation of a facility * Operations management, an area of management concerned with designing and controlling the process of production Military and law enforcement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (chess)
In chess, a fork is a tactic in which a piece multiple enemy pieces simultaneously. The attacker usually aims to capture one of the forked pieces. The defender often cannot counter every threat. A fork is most effective when it is forcing, such as when the king is put in check. A fork is a type of . Terminology A fork is an example of a . The type of fork is named after the type of forking piece. For example, a fork by a knight is a knight fork. The attacked pieces are ''forked''. If the King is one of the attacked pieces, the term ''absolute fork'' is sometimes used. A fork not involving the enemy king is in contrast a ''relative fork''. A fork of the king and queen, the highest material-gaining fork possible, is sometimes called a ''royal fork''. A fork of the enemy king, queen, and one (or both) rooks is sometimes called a ''grand fork''. A knight fork of the enemy king, queen, and possibly other pieces is sometimes called a ''family fork'' or ''family check''. Strategy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fork
TheFork Australia (formerly known as Dimmi) is an online In computer technology and telecommunications, online indicates a state of connectivity and offline indicates a disconnected state. In modern terminology, this usually refers to an Internet connection, but (especially when expressed "on line" o ... restaurant reservation platform founded in 2009 by Australian entrepreneur Stevan Premutico. The company provides a cloud-based reservation service to over 4,500 restaurants across Australia. Reservations can be made by diners online through its website. Dimmi's restaurant reservation engine, dining portal and online bookings is powered by ResDiary. History The idea behind Dimmi was created by Stevan Premutico on a coffee shop napkin in 2007. "I was sitting in a coffee shop in Chelsea, thinking about how the internet and online was transforming the hotel business, when it dawned on me that the same impact could change the restaurant business", says Premutico. In Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (blockchain)
In blockchain, a fork is defined variously as: * "what happens when a blockchain diverges into two potential paths forward" * "a change in protocol", or * a situation that "occurs when two or more blocks have the same block height" Forks are related to the fact that different parties need to use common rules to maintain the history of the blockchain. When parties are not in agreement, alternative chains may emerge. While most forks are short-lived some are permanent. Short-lived forks are due to the difficulty of reaching fast consensus in a distributed system. Whereas permanent forks (in the sense of protocol changes) have been used to add new features to a blockchain, they can also be used to reverse the effects of hacking such as the case with Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, or avert catastrophic bugs on a blockchain as was the case with the bitcoin fork on 6 August 2010. Blockchain forks have been widely discussed in the context of the bitcoin scalability problem. Typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (system Call)
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 an interface which is required for compliance with the POSIX and Single UNIX Specification standards. It is usually implemented as a C Standard Library (libc) wrapper to the fork, clone, or other system calls of the kernel. Fork is the primary method of process creation on Unix-like operating systems. Overview In multitasking operating systems, processes (running programs) need a way to create new processes, e.g. to run other programs. Fork and its variants are typically the only way of doing so in Unix-like systems. For a process to start the execution of a different program, it first forks to create a copy of itself. Then, the copy, called the "child process", calls the exec system call to overlay itself with the other program: it ceases execution of its former program in favor of the other. The fork operation crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (software Development)
In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software. The term often implies not merely a development branch, but also a split in the developer community; as such, it is a form of schism. Grounds for forking are varying user preferences and stagnated or discontinued development of the original software. Free and open-source software is that which, by definition, may be forked from the original development team without prior permission, and without violating copyright law. However, licensed forks of proprietary software (''e.g.'' Unix) also happen. Etymology The word "fork" has been used to mean "to divide in branches, go separate ways" as early as the 14th century. In the software environment, the word evokes the fork system call, which causes a running process to split itself into two (almost) identical copies that (ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork Township (other)
Fork Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Fork Township, Michigan * Fork Township, Minnesota * Fork Township, Wayne County, North Carolina *Forks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Forks Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The population of Forks Township was 14,721 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most popu ... * Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
