context switch

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• Context switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). A context switch is the computing process of storing and restoring the state (context) of a CPU so that execution can be resumed from the same point at a later time. This enables multiple processes to… …   Wikipedia

• Context switch — Commutation de contexte Une commutation de contexte (context switch) en informatique consiste à sauvegarder l état d un processus ou d un processus léger et à restaurer l état d un autre processus (léger) de façon à ce que des processus multiples …   Wikipédia en Français

• Switch (disambiguation) — NOTOC Switch may mean: Technology * Switch, or (more formally) Electromechanical switch or Electric switch, all meaning a device for making or breaking an electric circuit, or for selecting between multiple circuits; in usage the former… …   Wikipedia

• Context (computing) — In computer science, a task context (process, thread ...) is the minimal set of data used by this task that must be saved to allow a task interruption at a given date, and a continuation of this task at the point it has been interrupted and at an …   Wikipedia

• Context analysis — is a method to analyze the environment in which a business operates. Environmental scanning mainly focuses on the macro environment of a business. But context analysis considers the entire environment of a business, its internal and external… …   Wikipedia

• Turing switch — The Turing switch is a logical construction similar to the Turing machine. The Turing switch models the operation of a basic switch in a network of switches, much the same as a Turing machine models the operation of a basic computational entity.… …   Wikipedia

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• Thread (computer science) — This article is about the concurrency concept. For the multithreading in hardware, see Multithreading (computer architecture). For the form of code consisting entirely of subroutine calls, see Threaded code. For other uses, see Thread… …   Wikipedia

• Kernel (computer science) — In computer science, the kernel is the central component of most computer operating systems (OS). Its responsibilities include managing the system s resources (the communication between hardware and software components). As a basic component of… …   Wikipedia

• Memory management unit — This 68451 MMU could be used with the Motorola 68010 A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware component responsible for handling accesses to memory requested by the CPU. Its… …   Wikipedia

• Kernel (computing) — A kernel connects the application software to the hardware of a computer In computing, the kernel is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware… …   Wikipedia