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time-slicing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables
time-s-lic-ing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

time-slicings (plural) time slicing (alternative)

Synonyms

CPU sharing job control task control

Questions

What does time-slicing mean?
A technique used to share a processor in a round robin manner with all of the tasks of the same priority, allowing lower priority tasks when idle.

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