Round Robin
Round Robin is a scheduling algorithm used in computing and networking to allocate resources or tasks in a cyclic, equal-priority order among multiple participants. It ensures fairness by giving each participant a fixed time slice or turn before moving to the next, preventing any single entity from monopolizing resources. This method is commonly applied in CPU scheduling, load balancing, and network packet handling.
Developers should learn Round Robin when designing systems that require fair and predictable resource allocation, such as in operating systems for CPU scheduling or in web servers for load balancing. It is particularly useful in scenarios with multiple processes or requests of similar priority, as it prevents starvation and provides a simple, efficient way to manage concurrency without complex prioritization logic.