shortest remaining time

noun

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

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Meanings

nounshortest remaining time (countable and uncountable, plural shortest remaining times)

plural shortest remaining times

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