Scheduled-task pattern
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A scheduled-task pattern is a type of software design pattern
Design pattern (computer science)
In software engineering, a design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context in software design. A design pattern is not a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template for how to solve a problem that...

 used with real-time systems. It is not to be confused with the "scheduler pattern
Scheduler pattern
In computer programming, the scheduler pattern is a software design pattern. It is a concurrency pattern used to explicitly control when threads may execute single-threaded code, like write operation to a file....

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While the scheduler pattern
Scheduler pattern
In computer programming, the scheduler pattern is a software design pattern. It is a concurrency pattern used to explicitly control when threads may execute single-threaded code, like write operation to a file....

delays access to a resource (be it a function, variable, or otherwise) only as long as absolutely needed, the scheduled-task pattern delays execution until a determined time. This is important in real-time systems for a variety of reasons.
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