Top 10 List of Week 08

1. CPU Scheduling in Operating System | Studytonight
   Are you still wondering what CPU Scheduling is? This page will give you a great explanation about it and a lot of other terms related to CPU Scheduling.

2. Preemptive and Non-Preemptive Scheduling
   You might hear about the term preemptive and non-preemptive in class. If you still wonder what’s the difference between them both, this page will enlighten you.

3. What is meant by CPU Burst and I/O Burst? - Quora
   If you want to know what CPU burst is but you don’t want to stress your mind, this forum thread has an answer for you!

4. Differences between hard real-time, soft real-time, and firm real-time? - Stack Overflow
   You might still remember a question from this week’s pop quiz. If you still wonder what soft real-time is, this forum thread will give you a great explanation.

5. Processor Affinity
   While reading through this week’s slide, you might stumble upon the term “processor affinity.” This page will help you understand what that term means.

6. Difference between Asymmetric and Symmetric Multiprocessing - GeeksforGeeks
   There was a question about asymmetric and symmetric multiprocessing in the class this week. If you still wonder what those are, this page has an excellent explanation for you.

7. What is NUMA? — The Linux Kernel documentation
   You might read the term NUMA in this week’s slide. If you don’t know what that is, this page will make you understand what NUMA is.

8. Difference between Uniform Memory Access (UMA) and Non-uniform Memory Access (NUMA) - GeeksforGeeks
   If the term non-uniform memory access exists, then there must be a uniform memory access term also exists. Find out what is the difference between them both on this page.

9. What is Load Balancing? - Definition from Techopedia
   If you wonder what load balancing is, you might want to read this page. It will give you a great explanation.

10. Load Balancing Algorithms, Types and Techniques
    Now that you’ve understood what load balancing is, you might wonder how to implement them. This page will give you some idea of how to implement load balancing in your system.