Round-robin may refer to:

Computing

* Round-robin DNS, a technique for dealing with redundant Internet Protocol service hosts * Round-robin networks, communications networks made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology *

Round-robin scheduling Round-robin (RR) is one of the algorithms employed by process and network schedulers in computing. Guowang Miao, Jens Zander, Ki Won Sung, and Ben Slimane, Fundamentals of Mobile Data Networks, Cambridge University Press, , 2016. As the term ...

, an algorithm for assigning equal time-slices to different processes on a computer * Round-robin item allocation, an algorithm for fairly allocating indivisible objects among people

Communication

Round-robin (document) Round-robin is a document signed by multiple parties in a circle to make it more difficult to determine the order in which it was signed, thus preventing a ringleader from being identified. Origin The term dates from the 17th-century French '' ...

, a document signed by several parties in a circle in order to hide the identity of the leader * Round-robin letter, a news-filled letter typically accompanying a Christmas card * Round-Robin Letter (Spanish–American War), a letter written in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War in 1898

Other uses

* Round-robin story, a collaborative piece of fiction or storytelling * Round-robin test, an interlaboratory test performed independently several times *

Round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...

, a competition where each contestant meets all other contestants in turn * Round-robin start, a possible ordering of turns in a

turn-based game Timekeeping is relevant to many types of games, including video games, tabletop role-playing games, board games, and sports. The passage of time must be handled in a way that players find fair and easy to understand. In many games, this is done u ...

* Round-robin bet, a type of wager offered by UK bookmakers, covering three selections * "Round Robin", a 1960 song by

Donnie Brooks Donnie Brooks (born John Dee Abohosh; February 6, 1936 – February 23, 2007) was an American pop music singer. Brooks is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Early life Born in Dallas, Texas, Abohosh moved to Ventura, California in his ...

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Communication

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