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Busy waiting

Known as: Spin, Busy wait loop, Busy-wait 
In software engineering, busy-waiting, busy-looping or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true… 
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2014
2014
An Efficient Barrier Implementation for OpenMP-Like Parallelism on the Intel SCC
This paper proposes an effective barrier synchronization implementations for shared memory-based parallel programming models (e.g… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
E-Waste management -An overview
E-waste (short for "electronic waste") describes surplus, obsolete and broken electrical or electronic devices, including… 
2012
2012
Low-Overhead Barrier Synchronization for OpenMP-like Parallelism on the Single-Chip Cloud Computer
To simplify program development for the Singlechip Cloud Computer (SCC) it is desirable to have highlevel, shared memory-based… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Co-composting: a brief review
A further and stronger effort has to be made in terms of allowing composting to reveal its benefits. Increasing technological… 
2006
2006
Software implementation of a time-triggered ethernet controller
In this paper we present the architecture of a software implementation of a Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE) controller. The… 
2005
2005
Reducing the Risks of High-Level Radioactive Wastes at Hanford
High-level radioactive wastes resulting from plutonium production at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford site in… 
1996
1996
On Competence and Meta-Knowledge
In this paper we define and attack the problem of competence assessment for intelligent agents. The basic idea is that we use… 
1992
1992
A High Performance OR-parallel Prolog System
P ROLOG, the most popular logic programming language, has been developed for single-processor computers. The implementations of… 
1988
1988
Transuranic Wastes Under Simulated Geologic Isolation Conditions
Transuranic wastes containing organic matter can serve as an energy source for microbial growth. The rates of microbial… 
1980
1980
Method for reducing memory conflicts caused by busy waiting in multiple processor synchronisation
To implement synchronisation by process switching for multiple processors, more basic synchronisation means are needed which… 
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