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requester

requester

1 4.4
A program or person that asks a server to send data
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkwɛstər/
  • UK
translation icon : solicitante
  • In PCIe terms, we have a Requester (the CPU in our case) and a Completer (the peripheral).

Examples

  • The requester submitted an application for access to the database to retrieve important information.

  • A read operation, on the other hand, requires the requester to wait for a completion.

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  • This allows the requester to match completion answers with its request.

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  • As before, the Requester ID field says that the sender of this packet has ID zero.

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  • The Requester ID identifies the receiver of this packet, which is zero ID (Root Complex).

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  • We're going to look at a successful case: The peripheral read the chunk of data from its internal resources, and now needs to return the result back to the requester (the CPU in our case).

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  • This tag is set by the requester for its own needs, and the standard doesn't require a certain enumeration method, as long as the tags of all outstanding requests are unique.

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  • If a requester for SC resources (a processor, for example) has been ready and queued for two entire short hang periods but has not yet been processed, all subsequent requesters will be temporarily forced inactive to allow all currently active operations to complete.

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  • As a requester, she filled out the necessary forms to obtain the data from the server.

  • He identified himself as the requester when he called the support team for assistance with his account.

Synonyms

requestor
vsrequester
  • Specialized
6.5

A computer program or device that asks another system for information

also applies to human users and software processes

Antonyms

72 3.0

A person who answers questions or reacts to events

Surface Forms

requester singular
requesters plural

Morphology

requester = request (transparent) = request + er

In computing the noun names the agent that issues a request; formation from 'request' + '-er' remains transparent.

Etymology

Requester comes from request, made of re- 'again' and quaerere 'to ask', the same root in question. So in computing a requester is like a person who asks: it is the program, user, or process that asks a server for data or a service.