Blocking — may refer to:In telecommunications: *Block size (data storage and transmission), the formatting of data into blocks for purposes of transmission, storage, checking, or other functions *Block storage, a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal… … Wikipedia
Blocking (scheduling) — In a multitasking computer system, individual tasks, or threads of execution, must share the resources of the system. These resources might be:* the CPU * network * memory * diskor any other shared resource.When one task is using a resource, it… … Wikipedia
Category:Computing terminology — From Technical terminology: Technical terminology is the specialized vocabulary of a field. These terms have specific definitions within the field, which is not necessarily the same as their meaning in common use. Jargon is similar, but more… … Wikipedia
Non-blocking synchronization — In computer science, non blocking synchronization ensures that threads competing for a shared resource do not have their execution indefinitely postponed by mutual exclusion. Literature up to the turn of the century used non blocking synonymously … Wikipedia
Non-blocking algorithm — In computer science, a non blocking algorithm ensures that threads competing for a shared resource do not have their execution indefinitely postponed by mutual exclusion. A non blocking algorithm is lock free if there is guaranteed system wide… … Wikipedia
Distributed computing — is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal … Wikipedia
Grid computing — is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non interactive workloads that involve a large number of files. What … Wikipedia
Parallel computing — Programming paradigms Agent oriented Automata based Component based Flow based Pipelined Concatenative Concurrent computing … Wikipedia
Concurrent computing — Programming paradigms Agent oriented Automata based Component based Flow based Pipelined Concatenative Concurrent c … Wikipedia
Process (computing) — In computing, a process is an instance of a computer program that is being executed. It contains the program code and its current activity. Depending on the operating system (OS), a process may be made up of multiple threads of execution that… … Wikipedia