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timeslice

timeslice is the alternative form of time slice.

Meaning of time slice

Noun

time slice (plural time slices)

  1. The period of time for which a process is allowed to run in a preemptive multitasking system.
    Synonyms:
    time quantum

Forms of timeslice

pluraltimeslices

Questions about timeslice

What is timeslice the alternative form of?
Timeslice is the alternative form of time slice.

Words near timeslice in the dictionary

  1. timesink
  2. timesinks
  3. timesis
  4. timeskip
  5. timeskips
  6. timeslice
  7. timeslices
  8. timeslip
  9. timeslips
  10. timeslot
  11. timeslots

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