Orphaned
Orphaned is an adjective used to describe someone or something that has been deprived of its parent or parent-like source of support. In everyday use, it most commonly refers to children who have lost both or one of their parents, but the term is also applied to non-human beings and to objects or data that lack a parent in a given hierarchy or system.
Etymology: The word derives from Latin orphans, through Old French orphelin, reflecting long-standing usage in legal
Human context: An orphan is typically a child whose parent or parents are dead or otherwise unavailable.
Non-human and data contexts: In information technology, an orphaned process is one whose parent process has
See also: related topics include foster care, adoption, orphan page, orphan process, and orphanhood statistics.