spawn
     n : the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
     v 1: call forth [syn: {engender}, {breed}]
     2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
Source: WordNet® 2.0

spawn n.,vi. 1. [techspeak] In Unix parlance, to create a child process
   from within a process. Technically this is a `fork'; the term `spawn' is
   a bit more general and is used for threads (lightweight processes) as
   well as traditional heavyweight processes. 2. In gaming, meant to
   indicate where (`spawn-point') and when a player comes to life (or
   `re-spawns') after being killed. Opposite of {frag}.


Source: The Jargon File