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Sleep (system call)

A computer program (process, task, or thread) may sleep, which places it into an inactive state for a minimum period of time. Eventually the expiration of an interval timer, or the receipt of a signal or interrupt causes the program to resume execution.

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Sleep (system call)

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples4
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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sleep time process thread function program execution signal system state posix systems thesleep minimum windows timer call parameter via sleeping

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timer resolutions when the sleeping thread will run again.On POSIX systemsinstance ofand dependent on thread priorities and implementation details0.80text
the nanosleepinstance ofand dependent on thread priorities and implementation details0.80text
related syscalls are interruptible by signalsinstance ofand dependent on thread priorities and implementation details0.80text
returning the remaining sleep timeinstance ofand dependent on thread priorities and implementation details0.80text

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