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6.7 Print Spooler and Printing
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The GEOS kernel allows applications and libraries to set up different types of timers that can be used for various purposes. When a timer ticks, it calls a routine specified by the geode that initiated it. The different types of timers that can be set up include
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one-shot
- A timer that executes the specified routine once.
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continual
- A timer that calls the routine once every given time period.
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message
- Either a one-shot or continual timer that sends a specified message rather than call a specified routine.
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millisecond
- A one-shot timer with millisecond accuracy.
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sleep
- A timer that puts the calling thread to sleep for a given length of time.
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semaphore
- A timer that provides a "time-out" for a given semaphore queue (if the thread does not gain the semaphore in the given length of time, it is removed from the queue).
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