computing, sleep is a command in Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems that suspends program execution for a specified time. The sleep instruction...

On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution (via the exit system call)...

applications List of Unix daemons List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems Unix philosophy util-linux The Wikibook Guide to UNIX has a page...

The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule...

The term "Research Unix" refers to early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed...

QueryPerformanceCounter(), such as the one used in gnulib. On Unix-like and other POSIX operating systems, the sleep() function is called providing a single parameter...

utility for Unix, Plan 9, Inferno, and Unix-like operating systems and beyond, the primary purpose of which is to convert and copy files. On Unix, device...

(IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995). Implementations of the API are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD...

of processes) is a task manager or system monitor program, found in many Unix-like operating systems, that displays information about CPU and memory utilization...

and dedicates a slot to each of the programs. Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux—as well as non-Unix-like, such as AmigaOS—support preemptive multitasking...