c-user: Add scheduler glossary terms

Add glossary terms which characterize the relationship of a scheduler to
a task.
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This term is an acronym for
`Executable and Linkable Format <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format>`_.
eligible scheduler
An eligible scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which can be
used by the task to allocate a processor for the task.
embedded
An application that is delivered as a hidden part of a larger system.
For example, the software in a fuel-injection control system is an
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dispatch is marked as necessary, then the next thread dispatch will make
the heir task the executing task.
helping scheduler
A helping scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which is a
:term:`eligible scheduler` and which is not the :term:`home scheduler` of
the task.
heterogeneous
A multiprocessor computer system composed of dissimilar processors.
home scheduler
The home scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which is a
:term:`eligible scheduler` and which is assigned to the task during the
initialization or explicitly via a directive call such as
:c:func:`rtems_task_set_scheduler`.
homogeneous
A multiprocessor computer system composed of a single type of processor.
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A special low priority task which assumes control of the CPU when no
other task is able to execute.
ineligible scheduler
An ineligible scheduler of a :term:`task` is a :term:`scheduler` which is
not an :term:`eligible scheduler`.
interface
A specification of the methodology used to connect multiple independent
subsystems.
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priority number and assign the tasks with the lowest priority number to
one processor of the set of processors owned by a scheduler instance.
A scheduler is either an :term:`eligible scheduler` or a
:term:`ineligible scheduler` for a task. An :term:`eligible scheduler` is
either the :term:`home scheduler` or a :term:`helping scheduler` for a
task.
scheduler instance
A scheduler instance is a scheduling algorithm with a corresponding
context to store its internal state. Each processor in the system is