time slicing

A form of time-slicing — 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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Meanings

nountime slicing (usually uncountable, plural time slicings)

plural time slicings

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of time-slicing.
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