Terminology question: What do we call a process before/after an exec()?

[Dick Dunn]

> I am not aware of any terminology (of an anthromorphic nature) to describe
> the state of a process immediately before an exec() or after. It is not
> really a parent-child relationship -- it is more like a sex-change operation
> or reincarnation...

Not particularly anthropomorphic, but how about "transmogrificand" before
the exec() and "transmogrifee" after?
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