nonalertable

English

Alternative forms

• non-alertable

Etymology

non- +‎ alertable

Adjective

nonalertable (not comparable)

1. (computing) Not alertable; not listening for notifications from other threads of execution.
   • 1994, Byte - Volume 19, page 237:

     A file-copying example highlights NT's potent asynchronous I/O features, contrasting the extended (i.e., alertable) read, write, and wait functions with their standard (i.e., nonalertable) counterparts.

   • 2003, Walter Oney, Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model, page 201:

     The bottom line: perform nonalertable waits unless you know you shouldn't.

   • 2008, Joe Duffy, Concurrent Programming on Windows:

     Blocking is done with a nonalertable wait, and waiters are released in a roughly FIFO order, although the lock is unfair and will permit concurrent acquisition attempts to succeed.

See also

• unalertable

Anagrams

• nonrelatable