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[Docs] Correct multiprocessing design doc (#18964)

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[Python multiprocessing methods](https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods) include:
- `spawn` - spawn a new Python process. This will be the default as of Python
3.14. In macOS, this is already the default.
- `spawn` - spawn a new Python process. The default on Windows and macOS.
- `fork` - Use `os.fork()` to fork the Python interpreter. This is the default
in Python versions prior to 3.14.
- `fork` - Use `os.fork()` to fork the Python interpreter. The default on
Linux for Python versions prior to 3.14.
- `forkserver` - Spawn a server process that will fork a new process on request.
The default on Linux for Python version 3.14 and newer.
### Tradeoffs