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Form of resource sharing for tasks in computing
assumption is not necessary for many GPS applications. In processor scheduling, generalized processor sharing is "an idealized scheduling algorithm that achieves
Processor_sharing
Generalized processor sharing (GPS) is an ideal scheduling algorithm for process schedulers and network schedulers. It is related to the fair-queuing principle
Generalized_processor_sharing
Type of queue model in queueing theory
This result holds for any work conserving service regime, such as processor sharing. The busy period is the time period measured between the instant a
M/M/1_queue
Multi-server queueing model
experiencing an Erlang distribution with shape parameter k + 1. In a processor sharing queue the service capacity of the queue is split equally between the
M/M/c_queue
Network scheduling algorithm
algorithm. WFQ is both a packet-based implementation of the generalized processor sharing (GPS) policy, and a natural extension of fair queuing (FQ). Whereas
Weighted_fair_queueing
Joint use of a resource or space
general-purpose computing to multiple users by sharing processor time. Sharing of resources between processes and threads is the source of most of the difficulties
Sharing
Computer memory that can be accessed by multiple processes
redundant copies. Shared memory is an efficient means of passing data between programs. Depending on context, programs may run on a single processor or on multiple
Shared_memory
Particular execution of a computer program
sending output to a printer. This would lead to processor being "idle" (unused). To keep the processor busy at all times, the execution of such a program
Process_(computing)
Scheduling algorithm for tasks or data flows
have the same size, WRR is the simplest approximation of generalized processor sharing (GPS). Several variations of WRR exist. The main ones are the classical
Weighted_round_robin
Signal to a computer processor emitted by hardware or software
interrupt is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the
Interrupt
Microprocessor with more than one processing unit
A multi-core processor (MCP) is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit (IC) with two or more separate central processing units (CPUs), called
Multi-core_processor
Equal sharing of all resources by multiple identical processors
processor mainly handled the operating system and hardware interrupts. The Burroughs D825 first implemented SMP in 1962. IBM offered dual-processor computer
Symmetric_multiprocessing
Use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within one computer system
central processing units (CPUs) within one computer system. The term also refers to the ability of a system to support more than one processor or the ability
Multiprocessing
Scheduling algorithm for the network scheduler
queuing (WFQ), a packet-based implementation of the ideal Generalized Processor Sharing (GPS) policy. It was proposed by M. Shreedhar and G. Varghese in 1995
Deficit_round_robin
Component of a computer process
multi-tasking, and preemptive multi-tasking for the Intel 8080 processor in 1979, and on the 8086 processor in 1981. The first version of Windows to have threads
Thread_(computing)
Mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues
waiting time will be served first. Also known as a stack. Processor sharing Service capacity is shared equally between customers. Service in random order (SIRO)
Queueing_theory
Proprietary simultaneous multithreading implementation by Intel
processor can be individually halted, interrupted or directed to execute a specified thread, independently from the other logical processor sharing the
Hyper-threading
Device or computer program used for writing and editing documents
features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word processors are primarily word processor programs running
Word_processor
Aspect of queueing theory
received least processing time so far are served first and jobs which have received equal service time share service capacity using processor sharing shortest
M/G/1_queue
Electrical component for processing data
In computing and computer science, a processor or processing unit is an electrical component (digital circuit) that performs operations on an external
Processor_(computing)
Central computer component that executes instructions
A central processing unit (CPU), also known as a central processor, main processor, or simply processor, is the primary processor in a given computer
Central_processing_unit
Multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture
the Cell processor can be split into four components: external input and output structures, the main processor called the Power Processing Element (PPE)
Cell_(processor)
Computing resource shared by concurrent users
time-sharing is the concurrent sharing of a computing resource among many tasks or users by giving each task or user a small slice of processing time
Time-sharing
Scheduling algorithm, the first piece of data inserted into a queue is processed first
data buffer) where the oldest (first) entry, or "head" of the queue, is processed first. FIFOs are used for a wide variety of applications. Depending on
FIFO (computing and electronics)
FIFO_(computing_and_electronics)
IBM real-time operating system
that absolutely must be managed by a record locking process are those which are processor shared. In TPF, most record accesses are done by using record
Transaction Processing Facility
Transaction_Processing_Facility
Assignment of a task to a given core of a CPU
efficiency. For example, when two processor-intensive tasks (A and B) have affinity to one processor while another processor remains unused, many schedulers
Processor_affinity
Algorithm employed by process and network schedulers in computing
person takes an equal share of something in turn. To schedule processes fairly, a round-robin scheduler generally employs time-sharing, giving each job a
Round-robin_scheduling
Hardware cache of a central processing unit
location in the memory, the processor checks whether the data from that location is already in the cache. If so, the processor will read from or write to
CPU_cache
\scriptstyle {\mu _{j}}} for the service rate when the queue length is j. Processor sharing queues Infinite-server queues LCFS with pre-emptive resume (work is
BCMP_network
Platform for users to upload, share, or live stream videos on the Internet
February 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019. "First Video Sharing Site Paved the Way for YouTube — ShareYourWorld.com Was There First to Launch Ten Years Back"
Online_video_platform
Computer resource made available from one host to other hosts on a computer network
printers. E.g. shared file access (also known as disk sharing and folder sharing), shared printer access, shared scanner access, etc. The shared resource is
Shared_resource
Scheduling algorithm for sharing of limited resources
fair queuing and generalized processor sharing. This algorithm attempts to emulate the fairness of bitwise round-robin sharing of link resources among competing
Fair_queuing
AMD brand of server microprocessors
contemporary Genoa processors. Siena utilizes the same Zen 4c core architecture as Bergamo cloud native processors, allowing up to 64 cores per processor, and the
Epyc
Brand of discontinued microprocessors produced by Intel
original Pentium was Intel's fifth generation processor, succeeding the i486; Pentium was Intel's flagship processor line for over a decade until the introduction
Pentium
Method by which work is assigned
algorithm; a process yields control of the processor to another process by explicitly calling a blocking function such as WaitNextEvent. Each process has its
Scheduling_(computing)
Family of superminicomputers by Digital
quad-processor variant of the VAX-11/780. Similar to the VAX-11/782, it is an asymmetric multiprocessing system, with all four KA780 processors sharing the
VAX-11
Processing scheduling algorithm
Multilevel Feedback Queue Schedulers — Solaris 2.6 Time-Sharing Processor Sharing Queueing Models of Mixed Scheduling Disciplines for Time Shared System
Multilevel_feedback_queue
2007 family of multiprocessors by IBM
a single frame. IBM Power microprocessors POWER7 z10, a mainframe processor sharing much technology with the POWER6. "A Mainframe Roadmap". Isham Research
POWER6
Short-time bicycle rental service
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service in which bicycles
Bicycle-sharing_system
Demand-driven and vehicle-sharing arrangement
ride-sharing) or over time (e.g. carsharing or bike sharing) as personal rental, and in the process share the cost of the journey. It is a transportation
Shared_transport
Programming paradigm in which many processes are executed simultaneously
is the processor frequency (cycles per second). Increases in frequency increase the amount of power used in a processor. Increasing processor power consumption
Parallel_computing
Web platform part of Microsoft 365
SharePoint is a web-based collaborative platform primarily used for building corporate intranets, document and content management, and file sharing. Developed
SharePoint
American mathematician
numbers) and diffusion (central limit theorem) approximations for processor sharing queues with renewal arrivals and iid service requirements. By removing
Amber_L._Puha
archival service (link) "Photo Sharing. Stunning Photo Websites. - SmugMug". "A Snapshot Of Photo-Sharing Market Share On Twitter". TechCrunch. June 2
List of image-sharing websites
List_of_image-sharing_websites
1984 home computer
regarded as sluggish using the 8088. The machine also contained a Z80 processor, sharing the same bus as the 8088, so that it could run the original Tiki-100
Tiki-100
Type of integrated circuit
flows to be encrypted by the processor. TCP offload processing Content processor Multi-core processor Knowledge-based processor Active networking Computer
Network_processor
CPU that switches between threads of execution on every cycle
automatically generate a corresponding barrel processor design from a single-tasking processor design. An n-way barrel processor generated this way acts much like
Barrel_processor
X5 LTE Modem, Snapdragon 616 processor, Snapdragon 415 processor, Snapdragon 412 processor and Snapdragon 212 processor LTE Technology: LTE FDD, LTE TDD
List of Qualcomm Snapdragon modems
List_of_Qualcomm_Snapdragon_modems
1967 IBM mainframe model with virtual memory and 32-bit addressing
the importance of time-sharing and the need to support it. A paper titled Program and Addressing Structure in a Time-Sharing Environment by Bruce Arden
IBM_System/360_Model_67
Base memory unit handled by a computer
capable of storing data in multiple representations. Memory–processor transfer When the processor reads from the memory subsystem into a register or writes
Word_(computer_architecture)
Computer processor which works on arrays of several numbers at once
In computing, a vector processor is a central processing unit (CPU) that implements an instruction set where its instructions are designed to operate
Vector_processor
Open standard for parallelizing
Some vendors recommend setting the processor affinity on OpenMP threads to associate them with particular processor cores. This minimizes thread migration
OpenMP
Process of sharing login information with multiple users
Account sharing, also known as credential sharing, is the process of sharing login information with multiple users to access online accounts or services
Account_sharing
Publishing or transfer of photos online
Image sharing, or photo sharing, is the publishing or transfer of digital photos online. Image sharing websites offer services such as uploading, hosting
Image_sharing
Probability concept
continuous-time Markov chain (CTMC) is a continuous stochastic process in which, for each state, the process will change state according to an exponential random
Continuous-time_Markov_chain
Topics referred to by the same term
automotive navigation system Generalized processor sharing, an algorithm to fairly share computer processing time General Problem Solver, a 1959 computer
GPS_(disambiguation)
Instruction for x86 microprocessors
opcode) is a processor supplementary instruction (its name derived from "CPU Identification") allowing software to discover details of the processor. It was
CPUID
Database system utilizing parallelization
one processor may join two tables and send the result set records as and when they are produced to the other processor. In the other processor the third
Parallel_database
arrival process (RAP) is a mathematical model for the time between job arrivals to a system. It extends the concept of a Markov arrival process, allowing
Rational_arrival_process
CPU chip: 48. Manycore processors, originating from the cancelled Larrabee processor. 2010: Knights Ferry (32-core processor prototype on 45nm) 2012:
List_of_Intel_processors
Mathematical identity in queueing theory
transforms for an M/G/1 queue (where jobs arrive according to a Poisson process and have general service time distribution). The term is also used to refer
Pollaczek–Khinchine_formula
Early packet switching network
The hardware was based on the Zilog Z80 processor and had a multiprocessor structure with 16 processors sharing a common memory. The software was developed
TRAME
Specialized electronic circuit that accelerates graphics
rendering Vision processing unit (VPU) Vector processor Video card Video display controller Video game console AI accelerator GPU Vector Processor internal features
Graphics_processing_unit
Aspect of nuclear deterrence strategy
nuclear deterrent to that country. Nuclear sharing typically also involves joint planning and training processes for potentially using them, going beyond
Nuclear_sharing
Aspect of mathematical queueing theory
Includes applications in wide area network design, where a single central processor to read the headers of the packets arriving in exponential fashion, then
M/D/1_queue
Canceled SPARC microprocessor
The Rock processor implements the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set and the VIS 3.0 SIMD multimedia instruction set extension. Each Rock processor has 16
Rock_(processor)
Multiprocessor computer system where not all of the CPUs are treated equally
B5000 was “Processor B”. This second processor, unlike “Processor A” had no connection to the peripherals, though the two processors shared main memory
Asymmetric_multiprocessing
Computer system for maintaining order among running programs
assigning each process to the processor at intervals while the remainder become temporarily inactive. The execution of multiple processes over a period
Process management (computing)
Process_management_(computing)
application of the method of supplementary variables to the analysis of a processor sharing system". Automation and Remote Control. 69 (9): 1622–1629. doi:10
Method of supplementary variables
Method_of_supplementary_variables
Brief car rental method
vehicles with a separate car sharing facilitator (peer-to-peer). Car sharing is part of a larger trend of shared mobility. Car sharing began in Europe in the
Carsharing
Micro-electronic component
processor core by definition. The Arm architecture is a common choice for SoC processor cores because some Arm-architecture cores are soft processors
System_on_a_chip
Successor to the Intel 386
with i386SL) was included with this processor. The system management mode makes it possible to shut down the processor without losing data. i487SX (P23N):
I486
Economic and social systems that enable shared access to assets
Consumption" published in 1978 with coining the term economy of sharing. The term "sharing economy" began to appear around the time of the Great Recession
Sharing_economy
Series of x86-compatible processor
compatibility Processor functional blocks: CPU Core GeodeLink Control Processor GeodeLink Interface Units GeodeLink Memory Controller Graphics Processor Display
Geode_(processor)
Line of CPUs produced by Intel
Pentium processors, the Core i3 line does support the new Advanced Vector Extensions. This particular processor is the entry-level processor of this new
Intel_Core
Shared Variables are a feature of the programming language APL which allows APL programs running on one processor to share information with another processor
Shared_Variables
Name used for several lines of minicomputers
Programmed Data Processor (PDP), referred to by some customers, media and authors as "Programmable Data Processor," is a term used by the Digital Equipment
Programmed_Data_Processor
American multinational semiconductor company
own AMD Am29000 (29k) processor; the 29k survived as an embedded processor. The company also increased its EPROM memory market share in the late 1980s. Throughout
AMD
Graphic driver architecture
to be shared across processes. Thus, an application can incorporate a mesh created by another application into the scene it is rendering. Sharing textures
Windows_Display_Driver_Model
Microprocessor
microcontrollers. In 1989, Motorola introduced the 68302 communications processor. This processor was formerly supplied by Freescale and NXP after Motorola spun
Motorola_68000
Series of integrated graphics processors
Generation Intel Core Processor Family, Intel Core M Processor Family, Mobile Intel Pentium Processor Family, and Mobile Intel Celeron Processor Family Datasheet
Intel_Graphics_Technology
Cache coherence protocol for computer processors
the processor-specific Read and Write request. For example: A processor P1 has a Block X in its Cache, and there is a request from the processor to read
MESI_protocol
36-bit computer by Digital (1966–1983)
main processor, which is typically booted from the same RP06 disk drive as the PDP-11. The PDP-11 performs watchdog functions once the main processor is
PDP-10
Parallel computing algorithm
the queue of the processor executing the work item. When a processor runs out of work, it looks at the queues of the other processors and "steals" their
Work_stealing
Data transfer program by Samsung and Google
choosing Quick Share, after which the sender chooses which nearby device(s) to send to. Quick Share can upload files to Samsung Cloud and sharing via URL. The
Quick_Share
Task of creating a processor
Processor design is a subfield of computer engineering and electronics that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware. While
Processor_design
Cortex-A17 / Cortex-A12 processor update – Architectures and Processors blog – Arm Community blogs – Arm Community". "Cortex-A15 processor". arm.com. ARM Holdings
Comparison_of_ARM_processors
Production of waste heat by computer processors
Processor power dissipation or processing unit power dissipation is the process in which computer processors consume electrical energy, and dissipate this
Processor_power_dissipation
carriers that add to the effect of charge-sharing. Especially in photon counting detectors, charge sharing can lead to errors in the signal count. Especially
Charge_sharing
First computer made by Digital Equipment Corp
editor, the first word processor, the first interactive debugger, one of the very earliest time-sharing systems (BBN Time-Sharing System), and some of the
PDP-1
Efficiency improving technique for superscalar CPUs
thread each cycle. This makes it more similar to a barrel processor. Sun Microsystems' Rock processor is different: it has more complex cores that have more
Simultaneous_multithreading
Ability of a CPU to provide multiple threads of execution concurrently
some processor control registers (such as the program counter), is replicated. For example, to quickly switch between two threads, the processor is built
Multithreading (computer architecture)
Multithreading_(computer_architecture)
Practice in conflict resolution
conceptualise power-sharing. A fundamental distinction is between power-sharing practices and power-sharing institutions. Power-sharing practice refer to
Power_sharing
Discontinued operating system
upon the GE-225 system paired with a DATANET-30 communications processor. This two-processor approach was unorthodox, and Kemeny later recalled: "At that
Dartmouth_Time-Sharing_System
Mathematical model in queueing theory
arrival process (MAP or MArP) is a mathematical model for the time between job arrivals to a system. The simplest such process is a Poisson process where
Markovian_arrival_process
8-bit microprocessor from 1975
maskable hardware interrupt occurs when the processor is fetching a BRK instruction, the NMOS version of the processor will fail to execute BRK and instead proceed
MOS_Technology_6502
Management process in computing
in execution from one processor to another processor within the same machine. Powell, Michael; Miller, Barton (1983). "Process Migration in DEMOS/MP"
Process_migration
Activity through which knowledge is exchanged
Knowledge sharing or skill sharing is an activity through which knowledge (namely, information, skills, or expertise) is exchanged among people, friends
Knowledge_sharing
Time-sharing environment for IBM mainframe operating systems
Time Sharing Option (TSO) is an interactive time-sharing environment for IBM mainframe operating systems, including OS/360 MVT, OS/VS2 (SVS), MVS, OS/390
Time_Sharing_Option
Instructions directly executable by a computer
Loop control Input/output On processor architectures with variable-length instruction sets (such as Intel's x86 processor family) it is, within the limits
Machine_code
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Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : metonymic occupational name for a fuller, from Middle English tred(en) ‘to tread’ + well ‘well’. Fulling was the process by which newly woven cloth was cleaned and shrunk by the use of heat, water, and pressure (from treading) before finally being stretched and laid out to dry on tenter hooks.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Middle English combere, an agent derivative of Old English camb ‘comb’, referring perhaps to a maker or seller of combs, or to someone who used them to prepare wool or flax for spinning. This was an alternative process to carding, and caused the wool fibers to lie more or less parallel to one another, so that the cloth produced had a hard, smooth finish without a nap.English : variant of Coomber.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kommer or Kammer.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Devon)
English (chiefly Devon) : occupational name for a soapmaker, from an agent derivative of Middle English sÅpe ‘soap’ (apparently of Celtic origin). The process involved boiling oil or fat together with potash or soda.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. (The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.)Swiss and German : habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains and Silesia) or Tann (southern Germany).Finnish : topographic or ornamental name from Finnish tanner ‘open field’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Method; Way; Mode; Manner; Operation; Process
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Roman Latin Pompilius, possibly POMPILIU means "display, solemn procession."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Perrier 1 and 2.American bearers of the surname include Bennet Puryear (1826–1914), born in Mecklenburg Co., VA, youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Marshall) Puryear, who studied medicine and chemistry before the Civil War, after which he became a professor of chemistry; he did pioneering work in the application of chemistry to agriculture. He had 11 children by his two wives.
Male
English
English form of Roman Latin Pompeius, possibly POMPEY means "display, solemn procession."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Celebratory Procession
Surname or Lastname
English (West Yorkshire)
English (West Yorkshire) : habitational name from a place in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Winchelesuuorde, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Wincel meaning ‘child’ + Old English worð ‘enclosure’.Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705), Puritan poet and preacher, was brought from Yorkshire to New England as a child in 1638. His first home was in Charlestown, MA; subsequently, he settled in New Haven, CT. From 1651 onward he was a fellow of Harvard College; in 1654 he was appointed minister at Malden, MA. His son and grandson, both named Edward were professors of divinity at Harvard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, from late Old English herebeorg ‘shelter’, ‘lodging’ (from here ‘army’ + beorg ‘shelter’). (The change of -er- to -ar- is a regular phonetic process in Old French and Middle English.)Variant of French Arbour.A Harbour or Arbour, from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1671.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It is argued by Redmonds that this surname may have developed as a variant of Stringfellow, through a process, attested in various parish records, in which the original name is first shortened and then expanded into a form different from the original; thus Stringfellow becomes Stringfell, which becomes reinterpreted as Stringfield.
Surname or Lastname
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a flax grower or dealer or for someone who processed it for weaving (see Flax).Probably a respelling of German Flachsmann, of the same meaning as 1, from Middle High German vlahs ‘flax’ + man ‘man’.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English, Italian
Solemn Procession; Display
Biblical
judgment; process
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of wheels (for vehicles or for use in spinning or various other manufacturing processes), from an agent derivative of Middle English whele ‘wheel’. The name is particularly common on the Isle of Wight; on the mainland it is concentrated in the neighboring region of central southern England.A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old French certeyn ‘self-assured’, ‘determined’. (The phonetic change of -er- to -ar- was a normal process in Middle English).
Male
Italian
Italian form of Roman Latin Pompeius, possibly POMPEO means "display, solemn procession."Â
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from Old Norman French cardon ‘thistle’ (a diminutive of carde, from Latin carduus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived on land overgrown with thistles, an occupational name for someone who carded wool (originally a process carried out with thistles and teasels), or perhaps a nickname for a prickly and unapproachable person.French : possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard.English : variant spelling of Carden, cognate with 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English wasch(en) ‘to wash’ (Old English wæscan), hence an occupational name for a laundryman, or for someone who washed raw wool before spinning. Various other occupations, too, involved washing processes and the name may relate to any of these. For example, it may have denoted a man who washed sheep; some tenants on the manor of Burpham, near Worthing, in Sussex (where the surname is found from an early date), had as part of their feudal service to wash the flocks of their master.Americanized spelling of the German cognate Wascher.
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PROCESSOR SHARING
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Matted Hair; Mud; Heaven; Sky
Boy/Male
Muslim
Boy/Male
Indian
Helper of God, One who helps, Assister, Friend, One who scatters, Exposer, Announcer, Protector, Supporter
Female
Hebrew
(עוּלָ×) Hebrew unisex name ULLA means "yoke." In the bible, this is the name of a male member of the tribe of Asher. Compare with other forms of Ulla.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Wild Boar; Boar-warrior
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Ram's Valley
Girl/Female
English, French
Blessed with Wealth and Beauty
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Blessing
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Vishnu
Male
Hebrew
(×ֲבִימֶלֶך) Variant spelling of Hebrew Abiymelek, AVIMELECH means "Melek is father" or "my father is king."
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n.
One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church.
n.
The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
n.
A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
n.
A statement of events; a narrative.
n.
The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.
v. i.
To march in procession.
v. t.
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands.
n.
An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without.
n.
Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
a.
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
n.
The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.
n.
One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.
n.
That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession.
v. i.
To honor with a procession.
a.
Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial.
n.
An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling.
n.
A predecessor.
n.
A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.