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21Interrupt — This article is about computer interrupts. For the study of the effect of disruptions on job performance, see Interruption science. In computing, an interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in… …
22Critical section — In concurrent programming a critical section is a piece of code that accesses a shared resource (data structure or device) that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution. A critical section will usually terminate in… …
23PaX — In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. The least privilege approach allows computer programs to do only what they have to do in order to be able to execute properly …
24Ring (computer security) — In computer science, hierarchical protection domains, [Paul A. Karger, Andrew J. Herbert, [http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/SP.1984.10001 An Augmented Capability Architecture to Support Lattice Security and Traceability of Access] , sp …
25System call — In computing, a system call is the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the kernel. Background A system call is a request made by any arbitrary program to the kernel for performing tasks picked from a predefined set… …
26Technical features new to Windows Vista — This article is part of a series on Windows Vista New features Overview Technical and core system Security and safety Networking technologies I/O technologies Management and administration Removed features …
27C10k problem — Le c10k problem[note 1] que l on pourrait traduire en français par le problème des dix mille connexions simultanées, est un code numérique utilisé pour exprimer la limitation que la plupart des serveurs ont en termes de connexions réseaux. Cette… …
28Scheduling (computing) — This article is about processes assignment in operating systems. For other uses, see Scheduling (disambiguation). Scheduling is a key concept in computer multitasking, multiprocessing operating system and real time operating system designs.… …
29OS-9 — For the Macintosh operating system, see Mac OS 9. OS 9 Company / developer Microware (now owned by RadiSys Corporation) Programmed in C, Assembly language OS family Unix like Working state Current …
30CUDA — Developer(s) Nvidia Corporation Stable release 4.0 / May 17 2011; 6 months ago (May 17 2011) Operating system Windows XP and later Mac OS X Linux …
