Preempting a process means that the dispatcher removes the process from the processor and put it either into the ready queue (if the time slice is up), or puts it into the I/O queue if the process was interrupted by an I/O event/system call.
Please don't preempt my argument with your constant interruptions.
In an attempt to preempt her rival from spilling her secret, she interposed with an inventive story.
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"Attempt" and "preempt" rhyme with "kempt."
The word preempt means to take action to ensure another action is prevented. Example being someone taking a preemptive bid on an auction before someone else does.
I'm going to preempt these tickets before anyone else can, Stupid!
To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.
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federal law preempts state regulations when a federal law regulates that particular subject.
To establish a colony to reap the benefit of the land, and preempt another European country establishing a colony on the continent.
In Non-Primitive CPU Algo. once a process is given to the CPU it cannot be preempt,but in primitive Algo. it can be.