starvation

famine, inanition

De graves souffrances ou la mort causées par un manque de nourriture.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : die of starvation (The animals could die of starvation.)

Synonymes : extreme hunger

Expressions courantes : die of starvation, face starvation, prevent starvation

privation, pénurie

Un manque grave de quelque chose d’indispensable au fonctionnement d’un système ou d’une activité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : deprivation, severe shortage

Expressions courantes : oxygen starvation, fuel starvation, resource starvation

famine de processus

Une situation où un processus informatique ne reçoit jamais les ressources nécessaires pour s’exécuter.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : thread starvation, process starvation, prevent starvation