time-slicing

English

Alternative forms
  • time slicing

Noun

time-slicing (usually uncountable, plural time-slicings)

  1. (computing) 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.
    Synonyms: CPU sharing, job control, task control
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