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 ### child_process.fork
 
-child_process.spawn works is unmodified, but child_process.fork will make an attempt to lunch a new instance of your executable and run the bundled module.
+child_process.spawn works is unmodified, but child_process.fork will make an attempt to launch a new instance of your executable and run the bundled module.
 
 ## Installation