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wait states

wait states is the plural of wait state.

Meaning of wait state

Noun

wait state (plural wait states)

  1. Any of several instances in which a computer's processor cannot execute instructions (either for the entire computer, or just for a specific task) until an I/O operation completes, or until an interrupt is resolved.
    • With memory that slow, the processor is going to spend most of its time on wait states.

Questions about wait states

What is wait states the plural of?
Wait states is the plural of wait state.

Words near wait states in the dictionary

  1. wait one's turn
  2. wait out
  3. wait staff
  4. wait staffs
  5. wait state
  6. wait states
  7. wait tables
  8. wait till the clouds roll by
  9. wait time
  10. wait times
  11. wait unemployment

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