nonblockingadj.
/nɒnˈblɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈblɑkɪŋ/ That does not block or obstruct; (Computing, of a device or system) such that its use does not prevent another user or device from using it at the same time; allowing concurrent operation.
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1903 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. 2/1 France retains her rights with the other non-blocking powers in contesting at The Hague the priority claims of the blockading powers.
1953 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 32 420 By providing for that many intermediary switches, a non-blocking switching array is obtained.
1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 118/3 A switching network free of internal blocking is called a nonblocking network.
1992 S. Schatt Understanding Local Area Networks (ed. 3) 88 AT&T allows users the opportunity to select a configuration that can be blocking, nonblocking, or ‘essentially nonblocking’ (one in one million attempts to access a call will be blocked).
1995 Data Communications Internat. July 43/1 A true stackable architecture with a nonblocking bus, giving net managers an affordable way to increase switch capacity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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