Idle (disambiguation)
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Idle
generally refers to a lack of motion or energy.
Idle may also refer to:
Idle
Idle is a term which generally refers to a lack of motion and/or energy.- Uses :In describing a person or machine, idle means the act of nothing or no work...
generally refers to a lack of motion or energy.
Idle may also refer to:
- The practice of remaining in one location while riding a unicycleUnicycleA unicycle is a human-powered, single-track vehicle with one wheel. Unicycles resemble bicycles, but are less complex.-History:One theory of the advent of the unicycle stems from the popularity of the penny-farthing during the late 19th century...
- Idle, West YorkshireIdle, West YorkshireThe village of Idle and its outskirts make up a mainly residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The area is loosely bordered by the areas of Eccleshill, Wrose, Thackley and Greengates, in the north east of the city....
, a suburb of Bradford, England - River IdleRiver IdleThe River Idle is a river in Nottinghamshire, England. Its source is the confluence of the River Maun and River Meden, near Markham Moor. From there, it flows north through Retford and Bawtry before entering the River Trent at Stockwith near Misterton...
, a river flowing through Nottinghamshire, England - Idle, a 2000 demo album by the band Daylight DiesDaylight DiesDaylight Dies is a Melodic death/doom band which focuses on dark, melancholic, emotional introspection.-History:Daylight Dies was formed in 1996 by Barre Gambling and Jesse Haff. In 1999, the two recorded the band's first demo, The Long Forgotten Demo...
- Eric IdleEric IdleEric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....
, a comedian, sketch writer, and actor, member of Monty Python
Technology
- Idle (engine)Idle (engine)When an engine running on idle or idles, the engine runs without any loads but the engine accessories.Effort has been made to reduce the amount of time engines spend idling, chiefly due to fuel economy and emissions concerns, although some engines can also be damaged if kept idling for extended...
, engine running without load - Idle (CPU)Idle (CPU)A computer processor is described as idle when it is not being used by any program.Programs which make use of CPU Idle Time mean that they run at a low priority so as not to impact programs that run at normal priority...
, CPU non-utilisation or low-priority mode - Idle (programming language), a dialect of Lua
- IDLE (Python)IDLE (Python)IDLE is an integrated development environment for Python, which is bundled in each release of the programming tool since 0.1. It is not included in the python package included with many Linux distributions...
, an integrated development environment for the Python programming language - IMAP IDLEIMAP IDLEIn e-mail technology, IDLE is an IMAP feature described in RFC 2177 that allows a client to indicate to the server that it is ready to accept real-time notifications.- Significance :...
, a IMAP feature where an email server actively notifies a client application when new mail has arrived