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CPU TIME [6 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
DEF

The operation of equipment or devices not under direct control of the central processing unit.

OBS

The CPU or MCU operates independently of the time base of the actual inputs; i. e., considerable time may elapse between an input to the computer and the resulting output. It also can mean operation of peripheral equipment independent of the central processor of a computer system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
DEF

Exploitation d'une unité périphérique pendant qu'elle n'est pas connectée à une unité centrale de traitement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas operativos (Soporte lógico)
DEF

Procesamiento de cierta parte del sistema de procesamiento de datos por un equipo que no se halla conectado directamente a la unidad central de procesamiento y que, por ende, no se encuentra controlado por el programa.

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Record 2 2007-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The sum of the time intervals in which processors actually executed a program.

OBS

Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC.

French

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

Somme des intervalles de temps durant lesquels des processeurs exécutent effectivement un programme.

OBS

Terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Tiempo verdadero de computación necesario para ejecutar un conjunto de instrucciones en las unidades aritmética y lógica de la computadora (ordenador).

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Record 3 2002-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Meteorology
OBS

In the Meteorological Products Extraction Facility(MPEF) meteorological products are operationally extracted from METEOSAT image data for use in forecasting and research work. The extraction is performed in an automatic processing scheme and includes an automatic quality control step as an integral part of the processing. The products are produced in near real time on a networked system of HP Apollo workstations running proprietary software. The system runs in "chains" where two workstations operate together to produce all products. Due to the CPU load required to produce the wind products, the processing is partitioned such that these products are generated on one of the chain processors, whilst the remaining products are derived on the other chain processor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Météorologie
OBS

Le MPEF réalise la totalité du traitement des données et extrait une gamme de produits météorologiques destinés aux utilisateurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Meteorología
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Record 4 2002-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A storage module or device whose access time is longer in relation to the speeds of arithmetic operations of the central processing unit(CPU) of a computer and more lengthy when compared to other faster access peripheral units.

Key term(s)
  • slow-access storage
  • slow-access memory
  • low access memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Módem o dispositivo de almacenamiento con tiempo de acceso más lento, en relación a las velocidades de las operaciones aritméticas de la unidad central de procesamiento (CPU) de una computadora (ordenador) y más lento aún comparado a otras unidades periféricas de rápido acceso.

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Record 5 1999-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Other system features include extra width 64-bit main memory access, increased parallelism within each CPU to handle more instruction-processing operations concurrently, 83. 3ns microinstruction cycle time, three-level micro and macro pipelining...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 6 1984-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

Other system features include extra width 64-bit main memory access, increased parallelism within each CPU to handle more instruction-processing operations concurrently, 83. 3ns microinstruction cycle time, three-level micro and macro pipelining...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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