Computer Science / Unit 6 CS 0305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Scheduling
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The idea
Scheduling is the activity of removing the running process from the CPU and selecting the next by a strategy — switches taking microseconds, numbering hundreds of thousands per second.
In practice
One teller, a strategy, and a fast-moving line is the whole picture.
Where people slip
The strategy is a policy choice with winners.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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