Timer Devices and Scheduling

Flashcards summarizing key terms and concepts related to timer devices and scheduling from the lecture notes.

Timer Device

A hardware component that generates periodic interrupts to manage CPU scheduling and event management.

Timer Interrupt

An interrupt generated by the timer device to signal the CPU for task management.

Preemptive Scheduling

A scheduling method that allows a higher priority process to interrupt running processes.

Non-Preemptive Scheduling

A scheduling method where a running process cannot be interrupted until it voluntarily yields the CPU.

Round-Robin Scheduling

A preemptive scheduling algorithm that gives each process a fixed time slot in which to execute.

Scheduler

A system component that manages the scheduling of processes in an operating system.

Multi-Level Priority Queue

A scheduling method that organizes processes into multiple queues based on priority levels.

Context Switch

The process of storing the state of a running process so that it can be resumed later.