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Meaning of Oversubscription | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A subscription for more than is available.
  2. A multithreading technique involving an extra thread that runs tasks when all other threads are blocked.
  3. The practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port in a storage area network.

Equivalents

Examples

“This paper explores thread oversubscription, i.e., provisioning more threads than the available cores, to exploit CPU elasticity in the cloud.”
“You can overcome the oversubscription of an ISL by adding an ISL between the switches to increase the bandwidth.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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