More definitions


Release time: when a job becomes "active" (allowed to run)
Deadline: when the job must complete
WCET: worst case execution time, for a task

Scheduling algorithm: the policy set forth by the scheduler
Schedulability: property (or lack thereof) of a task set
A set is schedulable (on a specific uC/...) if all constraints can be met

Load (U): amount of CPU time used by the tasks

Lateness: how much late we are (can be negative)

Jitter: well... jitter