thrashing

  • 11thrashing —    An excessive amount of disk activity that causes a virtual memory system to spend all its time swapping pages in and out of memory, and no time executing the application.    Thrashing can be caused when poor system configuration creates a swap …

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  • 12Thrashing — Thrash Thrash, Thresh Thresh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrashing}.] [OE. [thorn]reschen, [thorn]reshen, to beat, AS. [thorn]erscan, [thorn]rescan; akin to D. dorschen, OD. derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel.… …

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  • 13Thrashing — The term thrashing may refer to: * Thrash (computer science), an effect of resource contention, or an extensive test of software * A severe corporal punishment * A clear victory * The dance style moshing * Threshing, a process in agriculture *… …

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  • 14thrashing — thrash|ing [ θræʃıŋ ] noun count 1. ) INFORMAL an easy victory in a game or competition: a 45 29 thrashing 2. ) an act of hitting someone hard several times, especially as a punishment …

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  • 15thrashing — /ˈθræʃɪŋ/ (say thrashing) noun 1. a beating. 2. the act of someone or something that thrashes. 3. a defeat. {thrash + ing1} …

  • 16thrashing — kūlimas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Grūdų ar sėklų šalinimas iš nupjautų žemės ūkio augalų varpų, ankščių, šluotelių, burbuolių, graižų, galvenų. atitikmenys: angl. thrashing rus. молотьба; обмолоть …

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  • 17Thrashing floor — Thrashing Thrash ing, a. & n. from {Thrash}, v. [1913 Webster] {Thrashing floor}, {Threshing floor}, or {Threshing floor}, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. {Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the straw. [1913… …

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  • 18Thrashing machine — Thrashing Thrash ing, a. & n. from {Thrash}, v. [1913 Webster] {Thrashing floor}, {Threshing floor}, or {Threshing floor}, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. {Thrashing machine}, a machine for separating grain from the straw. [1913… …

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  • 19Thrashing Rage — is an EP released by Canadian Thrash metal/Progressive metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 by Noise records.Track listingAll songs written by Voivod. Lyrics by Snake. # Thrashing Rage # Slaughter in a Grave # Helldriver # To the Death… …

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  • 20Thrashing (computer science) — In computer science, thrashing is a situation where large amounts of computer resources are used to do a minimal amount of work, with the system in a continual state of resource contention.[1][2][3] Once started, thrashing is typically self… …

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