PROCESS SCHEDULING IN COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

A computer which is connected to a network initiates an operation involving receiving data via the network from a remotely located data source. The computer determines an expected time for the receipt of data from the source and schedules a process which uses the data for execution at or after the expected time. In the meantime, the computer executes other processes before switching to the scheduled process and processing the data which by then has been received from the remote data source.