Chapter 15

Question 1

client handler

Answer 1

A thread that handles clients’ requests. (602)

Question 2

context switch

Answer 2

The process of saving or restoring a thread’s state. (586)

Question 3

IP address

Answer 3

Internet Protocol address, which is the unique identifier for a computer on a network. (595)

Question 4

IP Name

Answer 4

Internet Protocol name, which is the name for a computer on a network, such as www.wwu.edu. (595)

Question 5

IP Number

Answer 5

Internet Protocol number, which is the unique set of numbers for a computer on a network, such as 140.10.244.16. (595)

Question 6

lock

Answer 6

Prevents another process from accessing data in the monitor until a condition becomes true. (594)

Question 7

Monitor

Answer 7

An object on which a process can obtain a lock. (594)

Question 8

multithreading

Answer 8

The technique of using multiple threads in a program. (583)

Question 9

parallel computing

Answer 9

The discipline of building hardware architectures, operating systems, and specialized algorithms for running a program on a cluster of processors. (584)

Question 10

port

Answer 10

A channel through which several clients can exchange data with the same server or different servers. (597)

Question 11

ready queue

Answer 11

The queue containing threads ready for execution. (585)

Question 12

server daemon

Answer 12

A thread that listens indefinitely for client requests, but does not handle them directly. (602)

Question 13

socket

Answer 13

An object that establishes a communication link between two ports. (598)

Question 14

synchronized method

Answer 14

Codes in this kind of method run as an indivisible unit. (594)

Question 15

synchronization problem

Answer 15

Problems that occur when the producer and client are not running in sync, such as when the consumer tries to access data that does not exist. (590)

Question 16

time slicing

Answer 16

The process of automatically timing out. (585)