nonpreemptable resource
A nonpreemptable resource is one that cannot be take away from the process owing it without causing the computation to fail. If a process is burning a CD-ROM, taking the CD recorder away to another process will damage the CD.
A nonpreemptable resource is one that cannot be take away from the process owing it without causing the computation to fail. If a process is burning a CD-ROM, taking the CD recorder away to another process will damage the CD.