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time slicing

time slicing is the alternative form of time-slicing.

Meaning of time-slicing

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.

Forms of time slicing

pluraltime slicings

Questions about time slicing

What is time slicing the alternative form of?
Time slicing is the alternative form of time-slicing.

Words near time slicing in the dictionary

  1. Time Simulator
  2. time sink
  3. time sinks
  4. time slice
  5. time slices
  6. time slicing
  7. time slicings
  8. time slip
  9. time slips
  10. time slot
  11. time slots

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