In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process...

user). Task computing seeks to redefine how users interact with and use computing environments. It is built on pervasive computing. A Task Computing Framework...

Many-task computing (MTC) in computational science is an approach to parallel computing that aims to bridge the gap between two computing paradigms: high-throughput...

high-throughput computing (HTC) is the use of many computing resources over long periods of time to accomplish a computational task. The HTC community...

subtasks, task, or tasks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Task may refer to: Task (computing), a unit of execution or homeworks Task (language instruction)...

In computing, load balancing is the process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources (computing units), with the aim of making their overall...

In computing, preemption is the act performed by an external scheduler — without assistance or cooperation from the task — of temporarily interrupting...

and create high performance computing systems. Recently[when?], HPC systems have shifted from supercomputing to computing clusters and grids. Because...

parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...

parallel. Parallel computing may be seen as a particularly tightly coupled form of distributed computing, and distributed computing may be seen as a loosely...

programs by performing some task. Daemons such as cron may also perform defined tasks at scheduled times. In the context of computing, the word is generally...

this task to finish it? Although this is mathematically sound, it is rarely the case when it comes to practice. Task management Task (computing) McIlree...

Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system...

over its indices. State (computer science) Task (computing) Context and Adaptivity in Pervasive Computing Environments: Links with Software Engineering...

Edge computing is a distributed computing model that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data. More broadly, it refers to any...

In computing, 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...

of information in quantum computing, the qubit (or "quantum bit"), serves the same function as the bit in classical computing. However, unlike a classical...

to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing. The components of a...

across multiple processors in parallel computing environments. Task parallelism focuses on distributing tasks—concurrently performed by processes or threads—across...

in concert to perform very large tasks. Fog computing – Distributed computing paradigm that provides data, compute, storage and application services...

Concurrent computing is a form of computing in which several computations are executed concurrently—during overlapping time periods—instead of sequentially—with...

multitasking Context switch in computing Human multitasking, the apparent performance by an individual of handling more than one task at the same time Media multitasking...

XMPP-based framework for many task computing applications". MTAGS '09: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Many-Task Computing on Grids and Supercomputers...

multi-step research tasks. On December 16, 2024, an experiment using a Llama 3B model demonstrated that by scaling test-time compute, a relatively small...

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the...

In computing, a process is the instance of a computer program that is being executed by one or many threads. There are many different process models,...

results between them. These differ from distributed computing problems, which need communication between tasks, especially communication of intermediate results...

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic...

of the analytical engine's computing unit (the mill) in 1888. He gave a successful demonstration of its use in computing tables in 1906. In his work...

level (286+ only), always all-1s on 8086 and 186 System 14 0x4000 NT Nested task flag (286+ only), always 1 on 8086 and 186 System 15 0x8000 MD Mode flag...