VMS Help  —  Sys Parameters, QUANTUM
    QUANTUM defines the following:

    o  Processor time: maximum amount of processor time a process
       can receive before control passes to another process of equal
       priority that is ready to compute

    o  Balance set residency: minimum amount of service a compute-
       state process must receive before being swapped out to
       secondary storage

    QUANTUM has the DYNAMIC and MAJOR attributes. On Alpha and
    Integrity servers, QUANTUM also has the AUTOGEN attribute.
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