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  • 1Priority queue — A priority queue is an abstract data type in computer programming. It is exactly like a regular queue or stack data structure, but additionally, each element is associated with a priority . stack: elements are pulled in last in first out order (e …

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  • 2Priority inheritance — In real time computing, priority inheritance is a method for eliminating priority inversion problems. Using this programming method, a process scheduling algorithm will increase the priority of a process to the maximum priority of any process… …

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  • 3Priority ceiling protocol — In real time computing, the priority ceiling protocol is a synchronization protocol for shared resources to avoid unbounded priority inversion and mutual deadlock due to wrong nesting of critical sections. In this protocol each resource is… …

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  • 4priority */*/*/ — UK [praɪˈɒrətɪ] / US [praɪˈɔrətɪ] noun Word forms priority : singular priority plural priorities 1) a) [countable] something important that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else We should be able to agree on priorities.… …

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  • 5priority — pri|or|i|ty [ praı ɔrəti ] noun *** 1. ) count something important, that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else: We should be able to agree on priorities. Being fashionable was low on her list of priorities.… …

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  • 6priority*/*/ — [praɪˈɒrəti] noun 1) [C] something important that must be done first, or that needs more attention than anything else Health insurance will be our top priority.[/ex] 2) [U] the importance that you give to something that must be done Their… …

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  • 7Highest response ratio next — (HRRN) scheduling is a non preemptive discipline, similar to Shortest Job Next (SJN), in which the priority of each job is dependent on its estimated run time, and also the amount of time it has spent waiting. Jobs gain higher priority the longer …

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  • 8Priority level — or priority, in the Telecommunications Service Priority system, is the level that may be assigned to an NS/EP telecommunications service, which level specifies the order in which provisioning or restoration of the service is to occur relative to… …

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  • 9Priority inversion — In scheduling, priority inversion is the scenario where a low priority task holds a shared resource that is required by a high priority task. This causes the execution of the high priority task to be blocked until the low priority task has… …

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  • 10priority — /pruy awr i tee, or /, n., pl. priorities for 2 4. 1. the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc. 2. the right to precede others in order, rank, privilege, etc.; precedence. 3. the right to take precedence in obtaining certain …

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