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  • 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.
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resting place — grave
  • sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
  • sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
  • seckel (pear) — a small, sweet, juicy, reddish-brown pear
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • service clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
  • slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
  • soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
  • solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • special offer — bargain
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
  • spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
  • steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
  • supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
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