Glossary · Computer science
CPU scheduling
How an operating system decides which program runs next on the processor, such as round robin or shortest job first.
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In the game, 1 prompt asks about cPU scheduling. 17 answers count in total; the common ones float, and 11 rare ones sink below the surface.
For example
Taken from “Name a CPU scheduling algorithm”, the familiar end of the list:
- Round robin
- First come first served
- Shortest job first
- Shortest remaining time first
- Priority scheduling
- Multilevel queue
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