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shortest remaining times

shortest remaining times is the plural of shortest remaining time.

Meaning of shortest remaining time

Noun

shortest remaining time (countable and uncountable, plural shortest remaining times)

  1. (queueing theory) A scheduling algorithm, in which the process with the smallest amount of time remaining until completion is selected to execute.

Questions about shortest remaining times

What is shortest remaining times the plural of?
Shortest remaining times is the plural of shortest remaining time.

Words near shortest remaining times in the dictionary

  1. shorters
  2. Shortess
  3. shortest
  4. shortest haul
  5. shortest remaining time
  6. shortest remaining times
  7. shortest-acting
  8. shortest-distance
  9. shortest-grain
  10. shortest-grained
  11. shortest-haired

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