tickless

adj

1. (not-comparable)Lacking ticks (the insect).

   “Our suddenly tickless dog, now quite ticked-off, doesn't know who to kill first but by the time he rolls over, jaws snapping, the surgeons are practicing in the next county.”

2. (not-comparable)Without a ticking sound.

   “Maybe with the new technology, they might have tickless bombs. They've had tickless clocks for years. And they even have seedless watermelons. So a tickless bomb should be routine.”

3. (not-comparable)Having interrupts occur only when required, rather than at regular intervals.

   “a tickless kernel; a tickless scheduler”