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  2. Wait list - Wikipedia

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    Wait list, in university and college admissions, is a term used in the United States and other countries to describe a situation in which a college or university has not formally accepted a particular student for admission, but at the same time may offer admission in the next few months if spaces become available. [1]

  3. Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia

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    Stanford marshmallow experiment. The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on delayed gratification in 1970 led by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University. [1] In this study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time.

  4. Semaphore (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Semaphore (programming) In computer science, a semaphore is a variable or abstract data type used to control access to a common resource by multiple threads and avoid critical section problems in a concurrent system such as a multitasking operating system. Semaphores are a type of synchronization primitive.

  5. 'Our students can't wait:' hiring process drags while some ...

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    BROCKTON – Over the last two months since the start of the new school year, some students have spent class time sitting in the cafeterias of Brockton High School without a teacher to teach them.

  6. Procrastination - Wikipedia

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    Procrastination. Statue of Paul Pato the personification of procrastination, made by János Nagy in Szőgyén (now: Svodín) Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in ...

  7. Gap year - Wikipedia

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    A gap year is described as “a semester or year of experiential learning, typically taken after high school, and prior to career or post-secondary education, in order to deepen one’s practical, professional, and personal awareness”. [6] During this time, students engage in various educational, work-related, and developmental activities [7 ...

  8. Response-prompting procedures - Wikipedia

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    The progressive time delay procedure was developed first, and the constant time delay procedure was developed as a more parsimonious procedure for teaching students with disabilities. CTD and PTD are systematic procedures that use the teaching strategy of waiting on a learner's response that has likely been used haphazardly for years.

  9. Queueing theory - Wikipedia

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    Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. A queueing model is constructed so that queue lengths and waiting time can be predicted. Queueing theory is generally considered a branch of operations research because the results are often used when making business decisions about the resources needed to provide a service.