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Kqueue, the Glossary

Kqueue is a scalable event notification interface introduced in FreeBSD 4.1 in July 2000, also supported in NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and macOS.^[1]

Asynchronous I/O

In computer science, asynchronous I/O (also non-sequential I/O) is a form of input/output processing that permits other processing to continue before the I/O operation has finished. Kqueue and asynchronous I/O are events (computing).

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C10k problem

The C10k problem is the problem of optimizing network sockets to handle a large number of clients at the same time.

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Child process

A child process in computing is a process created by another process (the parent process).

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DragonFly BSD

DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8.

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Epoll

epoll is a Linux kernel system call for a scalable I/O event notification mechanism, first introduced in version 2.5.45 of the Linux kernel. Kqueue and Epoll are events (computing) and system calls.

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Event loop

In computer science, the event loop (also known as message dispatcher, message loop, message pump, or run loop) is a programming construct or design pattern that waits for and dispatches events or messages in a program. Kqueue and event loop are events (computing).

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File Alteration Monitor

In computing, the File Alteration Monitor, also known as FAM and sgi_fam, provides a subsystem developed by Silicon Graphics for Unix-like operating systems.

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File descriptor

In Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output resource, such as a pipe or network socket.

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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FreeBSD Core Team

The FreeBSD Project is run by FreeBSD committers, or developers who have direct commit access to the master Git repository. Kqueue and FreeBSD Core Team are FreeBSD.

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Inotify

inotify (inode notify) is a Linux kernel subsystem created by John McCutchan, which monitors changes to the filesystem, and reports those changes to applications.

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Input/output completion port

Input/output completion port (IOCP) is an API for performing multiple simultaneous asynchronous input/output operations in Windows NT versions 3.5 and later, AIX and on Solaris 10 and later. Kqueue and Input/output completion port are events (computing).

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Kernel (operating system)

The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system.

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Libevent

libevent is a software library that provides asynchronous event notification. Kqueue and Libevent are events (computing).

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Libuv

libuv is a multi-platform C library that provides support for asynchronous I/O based on event loops. Kqueue and Libuv are events (computing).

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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Lulu.com

Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under trade name Lulu, is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing, and distribution platform.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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Nanosecond

A nanosecond (ns) is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one billionth of a second, that is, of a second, or 10 seconds.

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NetBSD

NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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Nginx

Nginx (pronounced "engine x", stylized as NGINX or nginx) is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.

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OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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Oracle Solaris

Solaris is a proprietary Unix operating system originally developed by Sun Microsystems.

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Polling (computer science)

Polling, or interrogation, refers to actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. Kqueue and Polling (computer science) are events (computing).

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Select (Unix)

is a system call and application programming interface (API) in Unix-like and POSIX-compliant operating systems for examining the status of file descriptors of open input/output channels. Kqueue and Select (Unix) are events (computing) and system calls.

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Signal (IPC)

Signals are standardized messages sent to a running program to trigger specific behavior, such as quitting or error handling.

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System call

In computing, a system call (commonly abbreviated to syscall) is the programmatic way in which a computer program requests a service from the operating system on which it is executed. Kqueue and system call are operating system technology and system calls.

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USENIX Annual Technical Conference

The USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC, or, canonically, USENIX) is a conference of computing researchers sponsored by the USENIX association.

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User space and kernel space

A modern computer operating system usually uses virtual memory to provide separate address spaces, or separate regions of a single address space, called user space and kernel space. Kqueue and user space and kernel space are operating system technology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kqueue

Kqueue, the Glossary

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See also

BSD software

DragonFly BSD

Events (computing)

FreeBSD

NetBSD

OpenBSD

Operating system APIs

System calls

References