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from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
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   [Purdue] To run in {background}. From the Unix shell `&' operator.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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   <jargon> (Purdue) To run in {background}.  From the {Unix}
   {shell} "&" (ampersand) operator.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-11-14)
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