The elevator algorithm, or SCAN, is a disk-scheduling algorithm to determine the motion of the disk's arm and head in servicing read and write requests...

the above article for more information. The elevator algorithm, a simple algorithm by which a single elevator can decide where to stop, is summarized as...

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remaining time Top-nodes algorithm: resource calendar management Elevator algorithm: Disk scheduling algorithm that works like an elevator. Shortest seek first:...

measuring instruments like scanning probe microscope Elevator algorithm or SCAN, a disk scheduling algorithm Image scanning, an optical scan of images, printed...

system performance, most I/O schedulers implement a variant of the elevator algorithm that reorders the incoming randomly ordered requests so the associated...

More recent types of elevator music may be computer-generated, with the actual score being composed entirely algorithmically. The term can also be used...

server's hard drive can reorder the requests in its queue using the elevator algorithm, which minimizes mechanical movement. Native Command Queuing (NCQ)...

write cache in most operating systems sorts its writes (using the elevator algorithm or some similar scheme) to maximize throughput. To avoid an out-of-order...

with the faraway requests never being able to make progress. The elevator algorithm is one alternative for reducing arm movement and response time, and...