protest

n 1: a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished

the game under protest to the league prsident"; "the

senator rose to register his protest"; "the many

protestations did not stay the execution" [syn: {protestation}]

2: the act of protesting; a public (often organized)

manifestation of dissent [syn: {objection}, {dissent}]

3: the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement

and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire";

"a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"

v 1: utter words of protest

2: protest, as against a policy; also metaphorically: "His body

protested against the harsh training" [syn: {dissent}, {resist}]

3: affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested

his innocence"

process

An executing {program}. A

process consists of the program {code} (which may be shared

with other processes which are executing the same program),

and some private data. It may have other associated resources

such as a {process identifier}, open files, {CPU time} limits,

{shared memory}, {child processes}, and {signal handlers}.

A {multitasking} {operating system} can run multiple processes

{concurrently} or in {parallel}.

(1996-12-09)