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nonalertable

nonalertable adjective: not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution.

Adjective

nonalertable (not comparable)

  1. Not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution.
    • A file-copying example highlights NT's potent asynchronous I/O features, contrasting the extended (i.e., alertable) read, write, and wait functions with their standard (i.e., nonalertable) counterparts.1994, Byte - Volume 19, page 237
    • The bottom line: perform nonalertable waits unless you know you shouldn't.2003, Walter Oney, Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model, page 201

Forms of nonalertable

alternative formnon-alertable

Origin of nonalertable

From non- + alertable.

Questions about nonalertable

What does nonalertable mean?
Nonalertable means not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution.
What part of speech is nonalertable?
Nonalertable is an adjective.

Words near nonalertable in the dictionary

  1. nonalcohols
  2. nonaldermanic
  3. nonalead
  4. nonaleatory
  5. nonalert
  6. nonalertable
  7. nonalethic
  8. nonalgal
  9. nonalgebraic
  10. nonalgebraically
  11. nonalgorithmic

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