Jump to content

preload (software)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Temple of the temple (talk | contribs) at 06:25, 10 April 2024 (Spelling/grammar/punctuation/typographical correction). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.
(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
For other uses, see Preload.

preload is a free Linux program which runs as a daemon to record statistics about usage of files by more frequently-used programs. This information is then used to keep these files preloaded into memory.[1] This results in faster application startup times as less data needs to be fetched from disk. preload is often paired with prelink. preload was written by Behdad Esfahbod and uses Markov chains in its implementation.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Preload — An Adaptive Prefetching Daemon, Behdad Esfahbod, 2006.
[edit]
Stub icon

This Linux-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preload_(software)&oldid=1218182525"