starvation

inedia, morte per fame

Grave sofferenza o morte causata dalla mancanza di cibo sufficiente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: die of starvation (The animals could die of starvation.)

Sinonimi: extreme hunger

Espressioni comuni: die of starvation, face starvation, prevent starvation

carenza, privazione

Una grave mancanza di qualcosa necessario al funzionamento di un sistema o di un’attività.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: deprivation, severe shortage

Espressioni comuni: oxygen starvation, fuel starvation, resource starvation

starvation, inedia

Una situazione in cui un processo informatico continua a non ricevere le risorse necessarie per essere eseguito.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: thread starvation, process starvation, prevent starvation