Priority
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Priority may refer to:
- Priority datePriority datePriority date is a United States immigration concept - it is the date of filling for labor certification.A common path to the green card in the United States is to obtain it through a family based or employment based petition, a very complex process that can take many years to complete. When a...
, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State - Priority levelPriority levelPriority level or priority, in the Telecommunications Service Priority system, is the level that may be assigned to an NS/EP telecommunications service, which level specifies the order in which provisioning or restoration of the service is to occur relative to other NS/EP or non-NS/EP...
, the priority of emergency communications - Priority RecordsPriority RecordsPriority Records is an American record label, owned and operated by EMI, which has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop, pop and world...
, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol Records - Priority rightPriority rightIn patent, industrial design rights and trademark laws, a priority right or right of priority is a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent, an industrial design or a trademark respectively...
, a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent - Priority signsPriority signsPriority traffic signs indicate the order in which vehicles should pass intersection points. Common examples are the Give Way sign....
, a traffic sign that specifies which route has the right of way - Scientific priorityScientific priorityIn science, priority is the claim and recognition of first discovery or theory. Fame and honors usually go to the first person or group to publish a new finding, even if several researchers arrived at the same conclusion independently and at the same time....
, the priority of scientific ideas - Subordination (finance)Subordination (finance)Subordination in banking and finance refers to the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets.-Subordination of debt:...
, the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets - Principle of PriorityPrinciple of Prioritythumb|270px|Boa manditraIn zoology, the scientific study of animals, the Principle of Priority is one of the guiding principles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, defined by Article 23....
, the principle that the oldest available name for a biological taxon is the valid one - a tag or attribute of a RequirementRequirementIn engineering, a requirement is a singular documented physical and functional need that a particular product or service must be or perform. It is most commonly used in a formal sense in systems engineering, software engineering, or enterprise engineering...
in software or systems engineering
See also
- Scheduling (computing)Scheduling (computing)In computer science, a scheduling is the method by which threads, processes or data flows are given access to system resources . This is usually done to load balance a system effectively or achieve a target quality of service...
, the way processes are assigned priorities in a run queue; prioritization - Preemption (disambiguation)