In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process...

user). Task computing seeks to redefine how users interact with and use computing environments. It is built on pervasive computing. A Task Computing Framework...

subtasks, task, or tasks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Task may refer to: Task (computing), in computing, a program execution context Task (language...

Many-task computing (MTC) in computational science is an approach to parallel computing that aims to bridge the gap between two computing paradigms: high-throughput...

parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...

computing Many-task computing Urgent computing GPU workstation Brazell, Jim; Bettersworth, Michael (2005). High Performance Computing (Report). Texas...

In computing, preemption is the act of temporarily interrupting an executing task, with the intention of resuming it at a later time. This interrupt is...

this task to finish it? Although this is mathematically sound, it is rarely the case when it comes to practice. Task management Task (computing) McIlree...

high-throughput computing (HTC) is the use of many computing resources over long periods of time to accomplish a computational task. The HTC community...

parallel. Parallel computing may be seen as a particularly tightly coupled form of distributed computing, and distributed computing may be seen as a loosely...

In computing, load balancing is the process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources (computing units), with the aim of making their overall...

Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. More broadly, it refers to any...

Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system...

of information in quantum computing, the qubit (or "quantum bit"), serves the same function as the bit in classical computing. However, unlike a classical...

Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct...

across multiple processors in parallel computing environments. Task parallelism focuses on distributing tasks—concurrently performed by processes or threads—across...

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic...

In computing, time-sharing is the concurrent sharing of a computing resource among many tasks or users by giving each task or user a small slice of processing...

which can be experienced through the use of a computing device. Applications can also be classified by computing platforms such as a desktop application for...

to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing. The components of a...

level (286+ only), always all-1s on 8086 and 186 System 14 0x4000 NT Nested task flag (286+ only), always 1 on 8086 and 186 System 15 0x8000 MD Mode flag...

of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work...

In computing, scheduling is the action of assigning resources to perform tasks. The resources may be processors, network links or expansion cards. The...

Concurrent computing is a form of computing in which several computations are executed concurrently—during overlapping time periods—instead of sequentially—with...

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the...

In computing, a job is a unit of work or unit of execution (that performs said work). A component of a job (as a unit of work) is called a task or a step...

memory, bandwidth, or other resources that are required to perform a specific task. It is a special case of engineering overhead. Overhead can be a deciding...

results between them. These differ from distributed computing problems, which need communication between tasks, especially communication of intermediate results...

distributes tasks to the clients. Through sideband computing method, any network server which has a lot of clients can form into a large-scale super-computing network...

highest-priority ready task will take 5 to 30 instructions. In advanced systems, real-time tasks share computing resources with many non-real-time tasks, and the ready...