Resource starvation — In computer science, starvation is a multitasking related problem, where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources. Without those resources, the program can never finish its task [] .Starvation is similar in effect to deadlock. Two or… … Wikipedia
Shared resource — In computing, a shared resource or network share is a device or piece of information on a computer that can be remotely accessed from another computer, typically via a local area network or an enterprise Intranet, transparently as if it were a… … Wikipedia
Non-blocking synchronization — In computer science, non blocking synchronization ensures that threads competing for a shared resource do not have their execution indefinitely postponed by mutual exclusion. Literature up to the turn of the century used non blocking synonymously … Wikipedia
Enterprise resource planning — (ERP) is the planning of how business resources (materials, employees, customers etc.) are acquired and moved from one state to another. An ERP system supports most of the business system that maintains in a single database the data needed for a… … Wikipedia
Royalties — Not to be confused with Royal family. Royalty cheque. Royalties (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) are usage based payments made by one party (the licensee ) to another (the licensor ) for the right to ongoing use of an asset … Wikipedia
Lock (computer science) — In computer science, a lock is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. Locks are one way of enforcing concurrency control policies. Contents 1 Types 2… … Wikipedia
Distributed operating system — A distributed operating system is the logical aggregation of operating system software over a collection of independent, networked, communicating, and spatially disseminated computational nodes.[1] Individual system nodes each hold a discrete… … Wikipedia
Critical section — In concurrent programming a critical section is a piece of code that accesses a shared resource (data structure or device) that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution. A critical section will usually terminate in… … Wikipedia
WinFS — (short for Windows Future Storage)[1] is the code name for a cancelled[2] data storage and management system project based on relational databases, developed by Microsoft and first demonstrated in 2003 as an advanced storage subsystem for the… … Wikipedia
Burroughs MCP — Master Control Program redirects here. For the fictitious computer program villain, see Master Control Program (Tron). MCP Company / developer Burroughs / Unisys Programmed in ESPOL, NEWP OS family Not Applicable Working state Current … Wikipedia
Deadlock — This article is about the computer science concept. For other uses, see Deadlock (disambiguation). A deadlock is a situation where in two or more competing actions are each waiting for the other to finish, and thus neither ever does. It is often… … Wikipedia