The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Quiesce — Qui*esce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quiescing — Quiesce Qui*esce , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
SCSI connector — A SCSI connector is a physical object used to connect together computer parts that use a system called SCSI to communicate with each other. Generally, two connectors, designated male and female, plug together to form a connection which allows two … Wikipedia
Quiesce — is used to describe pausing or altering the state of running processes on a computer particularly those that might modify information stored on disk during a backup in order to guarantee a consistent and usable backup.Various database and… … Wikipedia
Optimistic replication — Optimistic replication[1] (also known as lazy replication[2][3]) is a strategy for replication in which replicas are allowed to diverge. Traditional pessimistic replication systems try to guarantee from the beginning that all of the replicas are… … Wikipedia
quiesce — /kwiˈɛs/ (say kwee es) verb (i) (quiesced, quiescing) (of a computer) to be in a state of reduced activity from which it can be quickly activated. {backformation from quiescent} …
