DDK Glossary - T


 * text window:See VIO window.
 * thread:The smallest unit of operation to be performed within a process.
 * thunk:term used to describe the process of address conversion, stack, and structure realignment that is necessary when passing control between 16-bit and 32-bit modules.
 * thunk layer:An interface that converts 32-bit parameters to 16-bit parameters, and maps linear addresses to segmented addresses.
 * time slice
 * 1) The period of processing time allocated for running a program.
 * 2) An interval of time on the processing unit allocated for use in performing a task. After the interval has expired, processing unit time is allocated to another task, so a task cannot monopolize processing unit time beyond a fixed limit.
 * tuple:In a relational database, a part of a relation that uniquely describes an entity and its attribute.