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renice

renice verb: to change (usually to lower) the priority of a process that is already running.

Verb

renice (third-person singular simple present renices, present participle renicing, simple past and past participle reniced)

  1. (Unix, transitive) To change (usually to lower) the priority of a process that is already running.

Forms of renice

third-person singular presentrenices
present participlerenicing
past participlereniced
pastreniced

Origin of renice

From re- + nice. See nice (“to run a process with a specified priority”).

Questions about renice

What does renice mean?
Renice means to change (usually to lower) the priority of a process that is already running.
What part of speech is renice?
Renice is a verb.
What is the past tense of renice?
The past tense of renice is reniced.

Words near renice in the dictionary

  1. renib
  2. renibbed
  3. renibbing
  4. renibs
  5. renicardiac
  6. renice
  7. reniced
  8. renices
  9. renicing
  10. Renick
  11. renickel

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