Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

work stealing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: work steal-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An algorithm and scheduling strategy for multithreaded computer programs, where a thread can "steal" work from queues of the other threads.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An advantage of work stealing is that if all threads are already busy, then they do not waste time trying to offload work on one another."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does work stealing mean?: An algorithm and scheduling strategy for multithreaded computer programs, where a thread can "steal" work from queues of the other threads.

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