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supervisors
1
someone who observes or directs a person or an activity
- The supervisor oversees the daily operations of the department.
- She reported her concerns to her supervisor regarding the project timeline.
- The supervisor provided feedback and guidance to improve performance.
- Our supervisor conducts regular meetings to discuss team progress.
- He was promoted to supervisor after demonstrating strong leadership skills.
2
a program or system component that manages and controls the execution of other programs
- The embedded system relies on a lightweight supervisor to manage real-time tasks.
- In early operating systems, the supervisor handled basic memory management and task coordination.
- The kernel acts as a supervisor, regulating access to hardware and managing program execution.
- When the supervisor detects a deadlock, it initiates recovery procedures.
- Developers modified the supervisor to improve multitasking performance on legacy hardware.
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