In computer science, coalescing is a part of memory management in which two adjacent free blocks of computer memory are merged. When a program no longer...
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Null coalescing operator, a binary operator that is part of the syntax for a basic conditional expression in several programming languages Coalesced hashing...
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In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated...
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being held back. Interrupt coalescing is a common feature of modern network cards, but the technique dates back to early computer UARTs such as the 16550...
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Brain–computer interface Deindividuation Global brain Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy Legion (demons) Swarm intelligence Telepathy "Coalescing minds:...
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Register allocation (section Coalescing)
coalescing could impact the colorability of the inference graph. Conservative Coalescing It mainly uses the same heuristic as aggressive coalescing but...
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controllable "timer slack" for threads in 2.6.28 allowing timer coalescing. Timer coalescing has been a feature of Microsoft Windows from Windows 7 onward...
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Hash table (redirect from Load factor (computer science))
In computer science, a hash table is a data structure that implements an associative array, also called a dictionary or simply map; an associative array...
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Or (section Science, technology, and mathematics)
is considered true, and its right operand if not Null coalescing operator, an operator in computer programming Onion routing, anonymous networking technique...
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replace a traditional educational curriculum with computer science education. As computers have become more accessible, inexpensive, and powerful, the...
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Theia (hypothetical planet) (category Lunar science)
around 4.5 billion years ago, with some of the resulting ejected debris coalescing to form the Moon. Collision simulations support the idea that the large...
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Self-organization (redirect from Self-organization in computer science)
problems in cosmology and astrophysics. Phenomena from mathematics and computer science such as cellular automata, random graphs, and some instances of evolutionary...
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Share? (category 2023 science fiction films)
Share?, stylized in all caps as SHARE? is a 2023 screenlife science fiction thriller feature film directed by Ira Rosensweig, from a screenplay by Benjamin...
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Question mark (redirect from Question Mark (computer science))
the ? modifier is used to handle nullable data types and ?? is the null coalescing operator. In the POSIX syntax for regular expressions, such as that used...
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Glossary of engineering: A–L (category Glossaries of science)
the original gaseous matter present in the Universe caused it to begin coalescing and forming stars and caused the stars to group together into galaxies...
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Douglas Engelbart (category The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates)
and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while...
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Intelligence amplification (category History of human–computer interaction)
idea was first proposed in the 1950s and 1960s by cybernetics and early computer pioneers. IA is sometimes contrasted with AI (artificial intelligence)...
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Computational creativity (redirect from Computer models of musical creativity)
computational art as part of computational culture). Is the application of computer systems to emulate human-like creative processes, facilitating the generation...
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combines L1 and texture caches into a unified cache designed to be a coalescing buffer. The attribute cudaFuncAttributePreferredSharedMemoryCarveout may...
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Giant-impact hypothesis (category Lunar science)
collisional material sent into orbit would consist of silicates, leaving the coalescing Moon deficient in iron. The more volatile materials that were emitted...
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showed in 2001 how to use such update coalescing in a reference counting collector. When using update coalescing with an appropriate treatment of new objects...
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neuroscience and computer science, including animal brain mapping and simulation, development of faster supercomputers, virtual reality, brain–computer interfaces...
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Green computing (redirect from Green computer)
is limited to a single per-computer policy. Windows 7 retains these limitations but includes refinements for timer coalescing, processor power management...
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Coalescent theory (redirect from Coalescence (genetics))
according to a random process in coalescence events. Under this model, the expected time between successive coalescence events increases almost exponentially...
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accelerator is released, and the launch version lacks computer artificial intelligence, meaning computer-controlled vehicles do not move at all during the...
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Virtual folder (category Computer file systems)
when requested. It is related in concept to several other topics in computer science, with names including saved search, saved query, and filtering. Virtual...
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Lisp (programming language) (redirect from Lisp computer language)
of the earliest programming languages, Lisp pioneered many ideas in computer science, including tree data structures, automatic storage management, dynamic...
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Neuroinformatics (section Brain–computer interface)
as a transdisciplinary enquiry of computer science, information sciences, cognitive science, and intelligence science. CI investigates into the internal...
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investigations to writing advanced computer programs to sophisticated statistical analyses of data. Center for Computing Sciences (CCS) was founded in 1985 in...
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Null (SQL) (redirect from COALESCE)
handling required by aggregate functions and SQL grouping operators. Computer science professor Ron van der Meyden summarized the various issues as: "The...
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