:livelock: /li:v'lok/ n. A situation in which some critical stage
of a task is unable to finish because its clients perpetually
create more work for it to do after they have been serviced but
before it can clear its queue. Differs from {deadlock} in that
the process is not blocked or waiting for anything, but has a
virtually infinite amount of work to do and can never catch up.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
of a task is unable to finish because its clients perpetually
create more work for it to do after they have been serviced but
before it can clear its queue. Differs from {deadlock} in that
the process is not blocked or waiting for anything, but has a
virtually infinite amount of work to do and can never catch up.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- livelock /li:v'lok/ n.
A situation in which some critical
stage of a task is unable to finish because its clients perpetually
create more work for it to do after they have been serviced but
before it can clear its queue.
Differs from deadlock in that the process is not... - deadlock: n. 1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more
processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of
the others to do something.
A common example is a program communicating to a... - deadlock n.
1. [techspeak] A situation wherein two or more
processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of
the others to do something.
A common example is a program communicating to a... - background: n.,adj.,vt. To do a task `in background' is to do
it whenever {foreground} matters are not claiming your undivided
attention,
and `to background' something means to relegate it... - SMOP: /S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] n.
1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated... - buried treasure: n. A surprising piece of code found in some
program.
While usually not wrong, it tends to vary from {crufty}... - wedged: adj. 1. To be stuck, incapable of proceeding without
help.
This is different from having crashed. If the system... - zombie: [UNIX] n. A process that has died but has not yet
relinquished its process table slot (because the parent process
hasn't executed a `wait(2)' for it yet).
These can be seen in `ps(1)' listings occasionally... - two-to-the-N: quant. An amount much larger than {N} but smaller
than {infinity}.
"I have 2-to-the-N things to do before I can go...
