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Record 1 1997-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

Cycle Stealing: A technique that lets peripheral devices, such as printers and disk drives, use some of a computer's cycles while the computer is handling its processing chores within its central processing unit (CPU).

Key term(s)
  • steal cycle
  • cycle stealing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

vol de cycle : Utilisation d'un cycle mémoire par un processeur d'entrée/sortie. (On peut considérer que le cycle est "volé" au processeur central.)

Spanish

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