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gruyérisation

English translation: efficient memory management without holes

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French term or phrase:gruyérisation
English translation:efficient memory management without holes
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

04:59 Aug 4, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
French term or phrase: gruyérisation
Hello,

I am unable to understand translation of term "gruyérisation" in the following segment. I assume it should be buffering.

La granulométrie associée à ce buffer permet une gestion mémoire optimisée sans "gruyérisation".

Kindly help me on it.
Thanks in advance.

Manohar ROSHAN
La Classe
Local time: 12:57
efficient memory management without holes
Explanation:
Gruyère cheese is full of holes - memory should be used efficiently, without holes too small to use for any program - that's what "gruyerisation" is.

"Main memory use is inefficient. Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire ... main memory quickly forms holes too small to hold any process: ... simplifies memory management. Mostly efficient when the size M of memory used by ..."
http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/courses/EPL222/Slides-2/Chap7.ppt
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5efficient memory management without holes
FX Fraipont (X)
4fragmentation
Neil Coffey
4 -1(turn it/make it) like Swiss cheese
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3 -1without a honey comb effect
CKSTraductio (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Trous de memoire
kashew

  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
efficient memory management without holes


Explanation:
Gruyère cheese is full of holes - memory should be used efficiently, without holes too small to use for any program - that's what "gruyerisation" is.

"Main memory use is inefficient. Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire ... main memory quickly forms holes too small to hold any process: ... simplifies memory management. Mostly efficient when the size M of memory used by ..."
http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/courses/EPL222/Slides-2/Chap7.ppt

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
48 mins
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agree  Sarah Bessioud
1 hr
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agree  nordiste
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agree  Martin Cassell
3 hrs
  -> merci
agree  Chris Hall
5 hrs
  -> thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
(turn it/make it) like Swiss cheese


Explanation:
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49515220100621

http://www.examiner.com/x-38904-Phoenix-Small-Business-Manag...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editoria...

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Neil Coffey: This is a nice graphic description, but it's obviously not a usual term, whereas I think "gruyérisation" is genuiney used in programming so I´d be tempted to stick to the actual term.
3 hrs
disagree  Chris Hall: This is IT, not cheese making.
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
without a honey comb effect


Explanation:
don't sell much gruyère in england. A honey comb is visually the same principle and sounds better

CKSTraductio (X)
France
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Neil Coffey: Don't think this is a common way of describing memory fragmentation.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fragmentation


Explanation:
The usual, neutral term would be "fragmentation". Admittedly, "gruyérisation" is a bit more informal, but I would be tempted to stick with the usual term.

Neil Coffey
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: Trous de memoire

Reference information:
A memory hole is any mechanism for the alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts, or other records, ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole

kashew
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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