cycle drought n.
A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a
cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the
computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go
around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with
only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle
drought until it's fixed."
A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a
cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the
computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go
around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with
only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle
drought until it's fixed."
Related:
- cycle drought: n. A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a {cycle
crunch},
but it could also occur because part of the computer... - cycle
1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every
hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as
a "cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker
wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a
"cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - cycle crunch: n. A situation wherein the number of people trying
to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one
can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the
system has probably begun to {thrash}.
This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's... - cycle crunch n.,obs.
A situation wherein the number of
people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the
point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread
too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash.
This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's... - clocks n.
Processor logic cycles, so called because each
generally corresponds to one clock pulse in the processor's timing.
The relative execution times of instructions on a machine... - clocks: n. Processor logic cycles, so called because each
generally corresponds to one clock pulse in the processor's timing.
The relative execution times of instructions on a machine... - reincarnation, cycle of n.
See cycle of reincarnation... - boot v.,n.
[techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] To
load and initialize the operating system on a machine.
This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into...
