OS

Atomic Operation What is an atomic operation? An idea of atomic operation helps in understanding reentrancy, critical section, thread safety, synchronization primitives, etc… (we will have upcoming articles on each). Atomicity, Atomic Operation: In simple terms, atomicity is unbreakability, i.e. an uninterrupted operation. If two users issue a print command, each print should go in single attempt. If the printer driver is sending parts of data from two users, the printout will not be as expected. [Read More]

A/UX - Apple UniX AIX - Advanced Interactive eXecutive BSD - Berkeley Software Distribution CIMOM - Common Information Model Object Manager DAT - Direct Address Translation DSI - Dynamic System Initiative FAT - File Allocation Table GPO - Group Policy Object HKCC - HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG HKCR - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKCU - HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKLM - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HPUX - Hewlett Packard UniX JCL - Job Control Language Linux - Linus and Unix LM - LAN Manager [Read More]