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<p>An operating system may provide variations of the wait call that allow a process to wait for any of its child processes to <a href="page.php?w=exit_%28system_call%29">exit</a>, or to wait for a single specific child process (identified by its <a href="page.php?w=process_identifier">process ID</a>) to exit.</p>

<p>Some operating systems issue a <a href="page.php?w=signal_%28computing%29">signal</a> (<a href="page.php?w=SIGCHLD">SIGCHLD</a>) to the parent process when a child process terminates, notifying the parent process and</p><p>
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