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| efficiency: | careful use of resources, such as time and space |
| election algorithm: | an algorithm that chooses a unique process to play a particular role |
| encapsulation: | a technique for separating the external aspects of an object from its internal implementation details; the bundling of data into an object along with code that operates on it |
| entity-relationship (ER) diagram: | a graphical representation that shows entities and the relationships between them |
| enumeration: | a group of related, named constants |
| event: | something that happens instantaneously at a point in time |
| event listener: | an interface in Java that handles events |
| execution environment: | a collection of kernel-managed resources to which threads have access; consists of an address space and resources for synchronization and communication |
| external pager: | a server that stores page data for virtual memory implementation |