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waitstate

waitstate is the alternative form 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.

Forms of waitstate

pluralwaitstates

Questions about waitstate

What is waitstate the alternative form of?
Waitstate is the alternative form of wait state.

Words near waitstate in the dictionary

  1. waits upon
  2. waits upon hand and foot
  3. Waitsfield
  4. waitstaff
  5. waitstaffs
  6. waitstate
  7. waitstates
  8. Waitt
  9. Waitts
  10. Waitui
  11. Waitulavich

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