3.3 Operations on Processes 3.3.1 Process Creation. Processes may create other processes through appropriate system calls, such as fork or spawn. The process which does the creating is termed the parent of the other process, which is termed its child. Each process is given an integer identifier, termed its process identifier, or PID. The parent PID ( PPID ) is also stored for each process.
Definition - What does Electronic Ink (E Ink) mean? Electronic Ink (E Ink) is a proprietary electrophoretic technology and electronic paper display (EPD) patented by E Ink Corporation. E Ink technology is used in mobile devices, such as e-readers, mobile devices, smartphones, smart cards and watches. E Ink is primarily used in digital e-readers. Most digital books use grayscale and rarely use color.
The Kindle has been Amazon's best-selling item of all time, so greater improvements will have to be made to E Ink before the company produces a new version of the device. Those improvements are coming, but not yet. For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at @PCMag. If you're holding out until the next-generation Kindle comes out to buy the device, you might be waiting for a while. E Ink isn't updating its display this year, which means there won't be many new e-readers until that time. If you're holding out until the next-generation Kindle comes out to buy the device, you might be waiting for a while.