child

  1. Noun.  A daughter or son.
  2. Noun.  A person who is below the age of adulthood; a minor (gloss, person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability) .
  3. Noun.  (computing) A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.

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