time-slicing

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.

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Meanings

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

plural time-slicings · alternative time slicing

  1. uncountableusuallycomputingA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
CPU sharingjob controltask control
Also see
cpu sharingjob controltask control
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APA

time-slicing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-slicing

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“time-slicing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-slicing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time-slicing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time-slicing.

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