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busy-wait


Ng> To wait for aN eveNt by spiNNiNg through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the eveNt oN each pass, as opposed to settiNg up aN iNterrupt haNdler aNd coNtiNuiNg executioN oN aNother part of the task. This is a wasteful techNique, best avoided oN time-shariNg systems where a busy-waitiNg program may hog the processor. [JargoN File] (1999-06-10)

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
[ = ] [ ai ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ av ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bus ] [ by ] [ ch ] [ co ] [ coN ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ eveNt ] [ exec ] [ executioN ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ gh ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ haNdle ] [ hat ] [ hN ] [ hog ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ iNt ] [ iNterrupt ] [ iNterrupt haNdler ] [ io ] [ iq ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ loop ] [ ls ] [ ma ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ ms ] [ Na ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ NN ] [ No ] [ Nu ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ ph ] [ poll ] [ pr ] [ process ] [ processor ] [ program ] [ programmiNg ] [ pt ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ se ] [ set ] [ sh ] [ shar ] [ sk ] [ so ] [ spiN ] [ st ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ th ] [ tight loop ] [ time-shariNg ] [ to ] [ tt ] [ ug ] [ up ] [ us ] [ ve ]






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