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eviction

eviction

1 5.8
Removing data from cache or memory to free space
  • noun
  • /ɪˈvɪkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : expulsión (informática)
  • The Reciprocal algorithm uses the following simple probabilistic eviction rule: Evict x_j with probability p_j, where

Examples

  • The scheme can be implemented using a mod m counter to point to the item to be evicted at the next miss; the counter is incremented following the eviction. This is a deterministic algorithm that uses m states, i.e., log m bits of memory.

    Academic text (1994)
  • You can have a good interaction, continuous interaction with them and what happens is if not the worst case is the caches have eviction policy.

  • This is a massive extension of the original eviction coverage.

  • CDCs will use selection and eviction to control the composition of the residents of their buildings.

    Academic text (1997)
  • What eviction notice?

  • Rules for the new first cornbread for being here great in using the energy of following up and out of an ordered computer eviction church, toaster.

    Blog text (19)
  • The available data seem more in line with predictions of the optimal skew models than of the "eviction" model, but again, critical tests of the models will require experimental manipulation of the variables predicted to influence skew.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Dan's instructions to Danielle were to "get Shane in that mindset," namely the mindset of nominating Ian and Joe for Thursday's second eviction.

    Blog text (8)
  • Initially, all cache locations are marked as "available." Whenever a miss occurs, an arbitrary available item is evicted, and the newly loaded item is marked as "unavailable"; if there are no available entries, all entries are marked available before the eviction occurs.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The system automatically performs a eviction of the oldest cache entries when storage space is needed.

Synonyms

removal
vseviction
106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

is an automated data freeing action guided by storage policy
elimination
vseviction
77 3.5

The act of removing something you do not need

is about freeing storage space not necessarily destroying data
ejection
vseviction
23 5.5

Forcing someone or something out of a place quickly

is a policy driven data removal, not a physical expulsion
erasure
vseviction
3 5.9

The act of removing writing or information from a document

focuses on moving data out of storage rather than deleting records
expulsion
vseviction
3 6.4

A pushing out of something by pressure from a container or body

is a planned storage action governed by replacement policies rather than pressure
expunction
vseviction
  • Formal
9.9

Removing information from a record so it no longer appears

is concerned with clearing storage space rather than erasing records

Antonyms

23 4.2

Keeping something so you still have it

Compounds

A landlord makes a home unfit to live in so a tenant must leave without being physically forced out

6.7

A landlord physically removes a tenant, who then stops paying rent

A landlord forces a tenant to leave because they complained or used their rights

Surface Forms

eviction singular
evictions plural

Morphology

eviction = evict (semi-transparent) = evict + ion

The morphological relation to 'evict' is clear, but the computing sense is a technical/metaphorical extension (removing data from storage) that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

The word eviction in computing keeps the same basic idea: it is the act of forcing old data 'out' to make room for new data. The root parts e- 'out' and vict 'to conquer' (as in victory) help you remember that an eviction removes items to free space.