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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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/sink/ , vi. (var.: synch ) 1. To synchronize, to bring into
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synchronization. 2. [techspeak] To force all pending I/O to the disk; see
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flush , sense 2. 3. More generally, to force a number of competing processes
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or agents to a state that would be safe if the system were to crash; thus,
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to checkpoint (in the database-theory sense).
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