What does tickless mean?
Tickless means Lacking ticks (the insect)..
Tickless
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Lacking ticks (the insect)..
Definitions by Sense
- Lacking ticks (the insect).
- Without a ticking sound.
- (computing) Having interrupts occur only when required, rather than at regular intervals.
Example Sentences
Our suddenly tickless dog, now quite ticked-off, doesn't know who to kill first but by the time he rolls over, jaws snapping, the surgeons are practicing in the next county.
Maybe with the new technology, they might have tickless bombs. They've had tickless clocks for years. And they even have seedless watermelons. So a tickless bomb should be routine.
a tickless kernel; a tickless scheduler
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Our suddenly tickless dog, now quite ticked-off, doesn't know who to kill first but by the time he rolls over, jaws snapping, the surgeons are practicing in the next county.
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