starvation

inanición, hambre extrema

Sufrimiento grave o muerte por no tener suficiente alimento.

En inglés sencillo: Severe suffering or death caused by not having enough food.

• The animals were close to starvation.
• Food deliveries saved many families from starvation.
• Several people died of starvation during the drought.

Cómo se usa: die of starvation (The animals could die of starvation.)

Sinónimos: extreme hunger

Expresiones frecuentes: die of starvation, face starvation, prevent starvation

carencia, privación

Falta grave de algo necesario para que un sistema o una actividad siga funcionando.

En inglés sencillo: A serious lack of something needed to keep a system or activity working.

• The engine stopped because of fuel starvation.
• The cells showed signs of oxygen starvation.
• Resource starvation left the organization unable to provide basic services.

Sinónimos: deprivation, severe shortage

Expresiones frecuentes: oxygen starvation, fuel starvation, resource starvation

inanición

Situación en que un proceso informático queda continuamente sin los recursos necesarios para ejecutarse.

En inglés sencillo: A situation where a computer process keeps being denied the resources it needs to run.

• The waiting thread suffered starvation.
• A fair scheduler can prevent process starvation.
• Low-priority tasks face starvation when new high-priority tasks keep arriving.

Expresiones frecuentes: thread starvation, process starvation, prevent starvation