:block: [from process scheduling terminology in OS theory] 1. vi.
To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. "We're blocking
until everyone gets here." Compare {busy-wait}. 2. `block
on' vt. To block, waiting for (something). "Lunch is blocked on
Phil's arrival."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
To delay or sit idle while waiting for something. "We're blocking
until everyone gets here." Compare {busy-wait}. 2. `block
on' vt. To block, waiting for (something). "Lunch is blocked on
Phil's arrival."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- block v.
[common; from process scheduling terminology
in OS theory] 1.
vi. To delay or sit idle while waiting for something... - busy-wait: vi. Used of human behavior, conveys that the subject is
busy waiting for someone or something,
intends to move instantly as soon as it shows up... - sleep: vi. 1. [techspeak] To relinquish a claim (of a process on a
multitasking system) for service;
to indicate to the scheduler that a process may... - hang: v. 1. To wait for an event that will never occur.
"The system is hanging because it can't read from... - busy-wait vi.
Used of human behavior, conveys that the
subject is busy waiting for someone or something,
intends to move instantly as soon as it shows up... - hang v.
1. [very common] To wait for an event that will
never occur.
"The system is hanging because it can't read from ... - sleep vi.
1. [techspeak] To relinquish a claim (of a
process on a multitasking system) for service;
to indicate to the scheduler that a process may... - 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... - include: vt. [USENET] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of
another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a
reply or followup,
for clarifying the context of one's response. See...
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