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  • load balancing — (operating system, parallel)   Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • long-eared owl — a mottled-gray owl, Asio otus, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a long tuft on each side of the head.
  • longitudinally — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
  • mind uploading — (application)   The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • neutral ground — a median strip on a highway or boulevard, especially one planted with grass.
  • non-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • non-judgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • nonhalogenated — not containing halogen
  • nonideological — Unaffiliated with or unrelated to ideology.
  • nonjudgemental — Alternative spelling of nonjudgmental.
  • old low german — the language of the German lowlands before c1100. Abbreviation: OLG.
  • overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
  • planning board — development group
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • url forwarding — URL redirection
  • vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
  • vaginal condom — a contraceptive for women, being a thin polyurethane pouch, one end of which is inserted into the vagina and the other end spread over the vulva.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
  • yard-long bean — asparagus bean.
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