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- adjective computing theory That does not
block ; allowing other tasks to proceed immediately rather than having to wait forcompletion .
Etymologies
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It'll use POSIX Threads to implement multiple virtual CPUs, and the libffi/dlopen tricks for loading external libraries or wrappers for them written in C, and will use nonblocking I/O.
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Communication between mwhods (and server updates sent to mwhods) is done with UDP datagrams, since they're fast, nonblocking, and throw-away.
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Artist is a flexible and easily expandable digital matrix intercom system that supports up to 1,024x1,024 nonblocking ports.
Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox RIEDEL Communications GmbH 2010
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Artist is a flexible and easily expandable digital matrix intercom system that supports up to 1,024x1,024 nonblocking ports.
Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox RIEDEL Communications GmbH 2010
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Initially, the Vantage 8500 will support 288 nonblocking 10G Ethernet ports, with future plans to accommodate 432 and 576 10G Ethernet ports with higher density line cards.
Netflash 2009
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It then goes on to state, "In nonblocking mode, Send may complete successfully even if it sends less than the number of bytes you request."
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Single threaded and nonblocking makes a light weight and clean API.
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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To get the bandwidth the chip needs, architects provide each processing site, including the accelerators, with local caches, and they may tie everything together through a nonblocking switch fabric.
unknown title 2009
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Up to 128 mainframes can be connected via a redundant optical fiber ring to form a single large, full summing, nonblocking distributed matrix with up to 1,024 ports.
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IO:: Event is a Perl module that provides a object-based callback system for handling nonblocking IO.
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