"shortest remaining time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shortest remaining times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shortest remaining time (countable and uncountable, plural shortest remaining times)
  1. (queueing theory) A scheduling algorithm, in which the process with the smallest amount of time remaining until completion is selected to execute. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shortest_remaining_time-en-noun-f~rtcjTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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