computing, sleep is a command in Unix, Unix-like and other operating systems that suspends program execution for a specified time. The sleep instruction...
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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)...
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List of POSIX commands (redirect from List of Unix utilities)
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...
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Cron (redirect from Crontab (Unix command))
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995). Implementations of the API are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD...
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Top (software) (redirect from Top (UNIX))
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...
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Signal (IPC) (redirect from Sigprocmask (Unix))
limited form of inter-process communication (IPC), typically used in Unix, Unix-like, and other POSIX-compliant operating systems. A signal is an asynchronous...
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