Meaning of lookahead time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The elapsed time of a subject reaching a given point.
   countable, uncountable
2. The amount of time from the point when an upcoming process is scheduled and resources are allocated for it, to the moment when it executes.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Lookahead distance is computed by measureing the distance from the vehicle to the farthest point ahead on the current lane estimate, and lookahead time is computed by dividing the lookahead distance by the vehicle's instantaneous speed.”

“The risk of preemption can be varied by changing the lookahead time when making immediate admission control.”

“If the lookahead time is too short, then delays to the scheduling code could mean that the scheduled time is already in the past by the time the library is ready to schedule the notes .”

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