13-letter words containing b, a, s, o, p
- 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.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- space biology — exobiology.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- 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.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.