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  • problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • process table — (operating system, process)   A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
  • reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
  • san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • stabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
  • status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • syllabication — to syllabify.
  • symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
  • symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
  • table--d-hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
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