US PATENT SUBCLASS 709 / 100
TASK MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL


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709 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: MULTIPLE COMPUTER OR PROCESS COORDINATING

100TASK MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL {2}
101  DF  .~> Batch or transaction processing
102  DF  .~> Process scheduling {5}


DEFINITION

Classification: 709/100

TASK MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL:

(under the class definition) Subject matter comprising means or steps for administrating over processor or job execution in a digital data processing system.

(1) Note. For clarification, a "process" and a "task" are equivalent terms in the art, in addition, a "thread" is a path of execution within a process.

(2) Note. Control functions such as subroutine calling and control are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

1, for virtual machine task or process management.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

712, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Processing Architecture and Instruction Processing (e.g., Processors),

220+, for control functions such as subroutine calling and control.