round-robin

round-rob·in

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [round rob-in]
- /raʊnd ˈrɒb ɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [round rob-in]
- /raʊnd ˈrɒb ɪn/

Definitions of round-robin word

noun round-robin a sequence or series. 1
noun round-robin a petition, remonstrance, or the like, having the signatures arranged in circular form so as to disguise the order of signing. 1
noun round-robin a letter, notice, or the like, circulated from person to person in a group, often with individual comments being added by each. 1
noun round-robin Sports. a tournament in which all of the entrants play each other at least once, failure to win a contest not resulting in elimination. 1
noun Technical meaning of round-robin (algorithm) A scheduling algorithm in which processes are activated in a fixed cyclic order. Those which cannot proceed because they are waiting for some event (e.g. termination of a child process or an input/output operation) simply return control to the scheduler. The virtue of round-robin scheduling is its simplicity - only the processes themselves need to know what they are waiting for or how to tell if it has happened. However, if a process goes back to sleep just before the event for which it is waiting occurs then the event will not get handled until all the other processes have been activated. Compare priority scheduling. 1
countable noun round-robin A round-robin is a sports competition in which each player or team plays against every other player or team. 0

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Origin of round-robin

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50

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Parts of speech for Round-robin

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

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exclamation

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round-robin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.