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A '''delta list''' (also '''delta clock'''<ref name="byuDeltaClock"> {{cite web | url = https://facwiki.cs.byu.edu/cs345/index.php/Delta_Clock | title = Delta Clock | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref> or '''delta queue'''<ref name="uclaDeltaQueue"> {{cite web | url = http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/avrora/api/current/avrora/sim/clock/DeltaQueue.html | title = DeltaQueue | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref>) is a [[data structure]] used to manage [[Thread_(computer_science)|threads]], [[Process_(computer_science)|processes]] or other objects that are [[Sleep_(operating_system)|sleeping]] or similarly delayed.
A '''delta list''' (also '''delta clock'''<ref name="byuDeltaClock"> {{cite web | url = https://facwiki.cs.byu.edu/cs345/index.php/Delta_Clock | title = Delta Clock | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref> or '''delta queue'''<ref name="uclaDeltaQueue"> {{cite web | url = http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/avrora/api/current/avrora/sim/clock/DeltaQueue.html | title = DeltaQueue | accessdate = 2010-10-26}}</ref>) is a [[data structure]] used to manage [[Thread_(computer_science)|threads]], [[Process_(computer_science)|processes]] or other objects that are [[Sleep_(operating_system)|sleeping]] or similarly delayed.

== Description ==
[[File:Delta vs linked list.png|thumb|Delta vs linked list]]


== Operations ==
== Operations ==

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A delta list (also delta clock[1] or delta queue[2]) is a data structure used to manage threads, processes or other objects that are sleeping or similarly delayed.

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  1. ^ "Delta Clock". Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  2. ^ "DeltaQueue". Retrieved 2010-10-26.