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[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Does the "SIG" stands for "Signal"?

[–] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Special Interest Group. An internal committee convenes to decide the fate of the process.

(I don't know the answer, but I'm pretty sure it stands for signal.)

[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

It's Secret Intervention Group, but close enough.

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I like to secretly imagine it stands for SIG SAUER. Bang = process ded

[–] Gathorall@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Eh, it works more than 80% of the time.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

The problem with Sig is they work too oftem, particularly when you don't want them to

[–] redhat421@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

80% of the time it works every time!

You're likely bumping into processes which are blocked by IO or are zombies.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

I guess, but would have to look that up too (there are quite a lot of signals starting with SIG, so it would make sense that it is this way)