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Noun Concept
Categories: Process (computing)
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context switch  Address space switch  context switching  Mode switch  process switch
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In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point, and then restoring a different, previously saved, state. Wikipedia
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In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point, and then restoring a different, previously saved, state. Wikipedia
Performed by an operating system in response to an interrupt Wikipedia Disambiguation
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preemption
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multiprogramming
process
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context switch
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Context switch
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Address space switch, Context Switch, context switching, Mode switch, process switch, process switching latency, thread switch, thread switching, thread switching latency

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