Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wait state

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: wait- s-tate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"With memory that slow, the processor is going to spend most of its time on wait states."

Inflected Forms

wait states (plural)

Questions

What does wait state mean?: 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.

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