context switching — Switching from one program to another without ending the first program. Context switching allows you to operate several programs at the same time; but it differs from true multitasking in that when you are using one program, all the other… … Dictionary of networking
Context Switching — [engl.], kontextbezogenes Multitasking … Universal-Lexikon
Context switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A context switch is the computing process of storing and restoring the state (context) of a CPU so that execution can be resumed from the same point at a later time. This enables multiple processes to… … Wikipedia
Context tree weighting — CTW (англ. Context Tree Weighting взвешивание контекстного дерева) алгоритм предсказания и сжатия без потерь, созданный Willems, Shtarkov, and Tjalkens (1995), «» . CTW является одним из немногих алгоритмов, которые обеспечивают… … Википедия
Code-switching — This article is about the use of more than one language in speech. For the use of multiple languages in writing, see Macaronic language. Sociolinguistics Areas of study … Wikipedia
Network switching subsystem — (NSS) (or GSM core network) is the component of a GSM system that carries out call switching and mobility management functions for mobile phones roaming on the network of base stations. It is owned and deployed by mobile phone operators and… … Wikipedia
Multiprotocol Label Switching — MPLS redirects here. For other uses, see Mpls. MPLS Layer Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a mechanism in high performance telecommunications networks that directs data from one network node to the next based on short path labels rather… … Wikipedia
Thread switching latency — The thread switching latency is the time needed by the operating system to switch the CPU to another thread. In some operating systems running on some hardware, switching between threads belonging to the same process is much faster than switching … Wikipedia
Process switching latency — The process switching latency is the time needed by the operating system to perform the process context switch to continue executing another process. See also * Latency (engineering) * Thread switching latency … Wikipedia
Thread (computer science) — This article is about the concurrency concept. For the multithreading in hardware, see Multithreading (computer architecture). For the form of code consisting entirely of subroutine calls, see Threaded code. For other uses, see Thread… … Wikipedia