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time-slicing

time-slicing noun: a technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.

Noun

time-slicing (usually uncountable, plural time-slicings)

  1. (usually) A technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.

Synonyms of time-slicing

Forms of time-slicing

pluraltime-slicings
alternative formtime slicing

Questions about time-slicing

What does time-slicing mean?
Time-slicing means a technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.
What part of speech is time-slicing?
Time-slicing is a noun.
What is the plural of time-slicing?
The plural of time-slicing is time-slicings.

Words near time-slicing in the dictionary

  1. time-signals
  2. time-signature
  3. time-signatures
  4. time-sink
  5. time-sinks
  6. time-slicing
  7. time-slicings
  8. time-slot
  9. time-slots
  10. time-space
  11. time-space complexities

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