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thread -
The
smallest unit of operation to be performed within a process.
thunk
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term used to describe the process of address
conversion, stack, and structure realignment that is necessary when passing
control between 16-bit and 32-bit modules.
thunk
layer -
An interface that converts 32-bit parameters
to 16-bit parameters, and maps linear addresses to segmented addresses.
time slice -
(1)
The period of processing time allocated for running a program. (2) An interval
of time on the processing unit allocated for use in performing a task. After
the interval has expired, processing unit time is allocated to another task,
so a task cannot monopolize processing unit time beyond a fixed limit.
tuple
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In a relational database, a part of a relation
that uniquely describes an entity and its attribute.
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