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QUANTUM

   QUANTUM defines the following:

   o  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

   o  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.