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work stealing (uncountable)

1. (computing) An algorithm and scheduling strategy for multithreaded computer programs, where a thread can "steal" work from queues of the other threads.
   • 2011, Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit, The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 381:

     An advantage of work stealing is that if all threads are already busy, then they do not waste time trying to offload work on one another.