time slice

See also: timeslice

English

Alternative forms

• timeslice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪmslaɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

time slice (plural time slices)

1. (computing) The period of time for which a process is allowed to run in a preemptive multitasking system.

   Synonym: time quantum

   Hypernyms: time interval, period

   Coordinate term: timeslot

Derived terms

• time-slicing

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 時間片 / 时间片 (shíjiānpiàn) Finnish: aika-annos German: Zeitscheibe f Turkish: zaman dilimi (tr)

See also

• time slot