time slice

Definitions

Computing

• noun a period of time allocated for a user or program or job within a multitasking system
• noun the amount of time allowed for a single task in a time-sharing or multi-programming system

Electronics

• During multitasking, a brief time interval during which a given program is given the attention of the CPU.
• During time sharing, a brief time interval which is allotted to a given component, circuit, device, piece of equipment, system, process, user, task, or the like.

Nearby Definitions of “time slice”

• time series analysis
• time series variation
• time-sharing
• time sheet
• time signal
• time slice
• time slot
• time system
• Time to Event
• Time-to-Live
• Time Trade-off Method

Contexts for “time slice”

4 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics