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'''QUANTUM''' is a [[System Parameters|system parameter]] that defines the following: 

* 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 
* 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.

[[Category:System Parameters]]