Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortest remaining time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: short-est re-main-ing -time
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scheduling algorithm, in which the process with the smallest amount of time remaining until completion is selected to execute.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shortest remaining times (plural)

Questions

What does shortest remaining time mean?: A scheduling algorithm, in which the process with the smallest amount of time remaining until completion is selected to execute.

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