DDK Glossary - T
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- 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
- The period of processing time allocated for running a program.
- 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.