CPU time

Noun

Meaning

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CPU time (countable and uncountable, plural CPU times)

(computing) The length of time that a central processing unit takes to process instructions for a particular program or task.

Examples

Busy-waiting reduces the amount of CPU time available for other applications and decreases battery power on laptops. Source: Internet

However, managing and displaying a large number of sprites required much more CPU time (both directly and indirectly since the MARIA would halt the CPU when drawing sprites) than consoles with hardware sprites and backgrounds. Source: Internet

In preemptive multitasking, the operating system slices the CPU time and dedicates a slot to each of the programs. Source: Internet

In priority inversion a high priority task waits because a low priority task has a semaphore, but the lower priority task is not given CPU time to finish its work. Source: Internet

Combine it with our firewall solution, you can rest assured that your previous CPU time and electricity is not exploited by sneaky scripts. Source: Internet

Show statistics and how much CPU time is consumed by the Realtime Global Illumination subsystem. Source: Internet

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