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glossary-type: term
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term: scheduled task
text: |
  A task is scheduled if it is allowed to execute and has a processor
  assigned.  Such a task executes currently on a processor or is about to
  start execution.  A task about to start execution it is an heir task on
  exactly one processor in the system.
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