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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To change (usually to lower) the priority of a process that is already running.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Unix, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From re- + nice. See nice (“to run a process with a specified priority”).
