In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point...

process switching is relatively expensive, beyond basic cost of context switching, due to issues such as cache flushing (in particular, process switching changes...

Perform a context switch to the next process in the ready queue. While the writing takes place, the operating system will context switch to other processes...

to a more privileged one, but no process context switch is necessary – although a privilege context switch does occur. The hardware sees the world in...

preempting any other lower priority process. In time-sharing systems, context switches are performed rapidly, which makes it seem like multiple processes...

concerned by the "task context" in the case of a context switch, even if this can be stored for some uses (checkpointing). The context can also be viewed...

29 clock cycles per memory access). On an address-space switch, as occurs when context switching between processes (but not between threads), some TLB entries...

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computer multitasking in which the operating system never initiates a context switch from a running process to another process. Instead, in order to run...

code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single...