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[Katdarling]

Ooooooooooooo. Speak nerdy to me.

 

[retired1]

I have but one question (I was always afraid to ask ). What is the "Search child forums as well" box for? We have child forums here? Or is this some technical term I'm not familiar with? Either way, I find it rather perplexing.

Child forums are any subforum under the forum you're searching in.

For example. If you're searching for a post in General e-liquid discussion, there are 3 "child" forums under that forum. DIY eliquid, Liquid Extraction from Tobacco and e-liquid Recipes.

 

[Katya]

Child forums are any subforum under the forum you're searching in.

For example. If you're searching for a post in General E-Liquid discussion, there are 3 "child" forums under that forum. DIY Eliquid, Liquid Extraction from Tobacco and E-Liquid Recipes.

Thanks, Retired1! Now I'm really, truly unperplexed.

Is there a reason we don't call them subforums (subfora), then? You know, just in case ANTZ are lurking?

 

[retired1]

The terms are interchangeable.

 

[Katya]

The terms are interchangeable.

For you, geeks.

Anyway, thanks for the explanation. I kinda figured it out, but the word "child" just still doesn't sit well with me, especially here. But I'm technologically challenged and don't know the lingo, so I'll adjust. It's not a problem.

 

[retired1]

OK, had to look it up. *sigh*

Search: what are "child forums"? - FlyerTalk Forums

In context, the reference to Linux geeks was the term Hierarchy.

 

[retired1]

Ooooooooooooo. Speak nerdy to me.

For you, geeks.

Anyway, thanks for the explanation. I kinda figured it out, but the word "child" just still doesn't sit well with me, especially here. But I'm technologically challenged and don't know the lingo, so I'll adjust. It's not a problem.

Now that I've had some sleep, here's the low down on why we use the term "child" when dealing with "geek stuff".

Generally, the term "child" refers to a multiprocessing task that has been forked from its parent. A parent can have multiple child processes, but a child process can only have one parent. In some cases, a parent process can die for some reason or another, resulting in an orphaned process. That process is then adopted by init.

For Winderz systems, instead of forking, child processes are spawned.

So a lot of that terminology carried over to forums when they were first designed, with subforums often referred to as "child" forums.

 

[sonicdsl]

The same term is used in accounting processes. For example if a customer has multiple locations, there would be a parent account, and each location might then have a child account. Similar idea.

 

[AzPlumber]

So, we all agree OUTSIDE is indeed a child forum.

 

[Katya]

In some cases, a parent process can die for some reason or another, resulting in an orphaned process.

Oh no. How sad...

That process is then adopted by init.

Whew! That's better.

For Winderz systems, instead of forking, child processes are spawned.

 

[Eskie]

So, we all agree OUTSIDE is indeed a child forum.

OUTSIDE is like the black sheep of the family no one wants to admit they're related to.