# init

> component of Unix-like operating systems; first userspace process started during boot, responsible for spawning other processes

**Wikidata**: [Q261918](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q261918)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/init


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013