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Waiting
A state in which a task has voluntarily blocked itself from further execution until an awaited event occurs. The kernel allows a task to wait either for the arrival of a message at a port or for the arrival of a signal at a semaphore.
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- Industry/Domain: Semiconductors
- Category: Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
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