When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. sleep (command) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(command)

    A sleep command is also part of ASCII's MSX-DOS2 Tools for MSX-DOS version 2. [8] In PowerShell, sleep is a predefined command alias for the Start-Sleep cmdlet which serves the same purpose. [9] Microsoft also provides a sleep resource kit tool for Windows which can be used in batch files or the command prompt to pause the execution and wait ...

  3. Sleep (system call) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_(system_call)

    A typical sleep system call takes a time value as a parameter, specifying the minimum amount of time that the process is to sleep before resuming execution. The parameter typically specifies seconds, although some operating systems provide finer resolution, such as milliseconds or microseconds.

  4. HLT (x86 instruction) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLT_(x86_instruction)

    Almost every modern processor instruction set includes an instruction or sleep mode which halts the processor until more work needs to be done. In interrupt-driven processors, this instruction halts the CPU until an external interrupt is received.

  5. wait (system call) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_(system_call)

    In computer operating systems, a process (or task) may wait for another process to complete its execution. In most systems, a parent process can create an independently executing child process . The parent process may then issue a wait system call , which suspends the execution of the parent process while the child executes.

  6. Break key - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key

    Break/Pause key on PC keyboard. The Break key (or the symbol ⎉) of a computer keyboard refers to breaking a telegraph circuit and originated with 19th century practice. In modern usage, the key has no well-defined purpose, but while this is the case, it can be used by software for miscellaneous tasks, such as to switch between multiple login sessions, to terminate a program, or to interrupt ...

  7. Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause ...

    www.aol.com/news/georgia-readies-resume...

    The state Supreme Court did not immediately rule on the state's appeal, so the stay order remained in place until after the execution window expired. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in December ...

  8. Signal (IPC) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(IPC)

    When a signal is sent, the operating system interrupts the target process's normal flow of execution to deliver the signal. Execution can be interrupted during any non-atomic instruction. If the process has previously registered a signal handler, that routine is executed. Otherwise, the default signal handler is executed.

  9. cron - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

    Sleep for that period of time. On awakening and after verifying the correct time, execute the task at the head of the queue (in background) with the privileges of the user who created it. Determine the next time in the future to run this command and place it back on the event list at that time value.