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Gustafson's law

Gustafson's law proper noun: a formula giving the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed execution time that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.

Proper noun

Gustafson's law

  1. A formula giving the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed execution time that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.

Origin of Gustafson's law

Named after computer scientist John L. Gustafson.

Questions about Gustafson's law

What does Gustafson's law mean?
Gustafson's law means a formula giving the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed execution time that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.
What part of speech is Gustafson's law?
Gustafson's law is a proper noun.

Words near Gustafson's law in the dictionary

  1. gustable
  2. gustables
  3. gustacious
  4. Gustaf
  5. Gustafson
  6. Gustafson's law
  7. gustard
  8. gustards
  9. gustate
  10. gustating
  11. gustatio

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