ALL meanings of round-robin
round-rob·in
R r - 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
- 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
- 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
- noun round-robin a letter, esp a petition or protest, having the signatures in a circle in order to disguise the order of signing 0
- noun round-robin any letter or petition signed by a number of people 0
- noun round-robin a letter that is copied and sent to a number of different people 0
- noun round-robin a tournament, as in a competitive game or sport, in which each player plays against every other player 0
- noun round-robin (as modifier) 0
- modifier round-robin of or relating to a sports tournament in which each player or team plays against every other player or team 0
- noun round-robin a document, as a petition, protest, etc., with the signatures written in a circle to conceal the order of signing 0
- noun round-robin a contest or tournament, as in tennis, chess, etc., in which every entrant is matched with every other one 0
- noun round-robin a letter circulated among the members of a group, which is signed and forwarded by each in turn, often with additional comments, etc. 0