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ps -ef shows command in parentheses

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neilrotherham

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When I look at my running processes using ps, I notice that sometimes the process name is enclosed in parentheses like this:

myself 921768 921834 0.8 03:39:00 ?? 0:05.24 (myprog)

What does this denote? I can't find any reference in the man pages that explains it.
 
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