• In computer programming, a variable is said to be volatile if its value can be read or modified asynchronously by something other than the current thread...
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  • Non-volatile memory (NVM) or non-volatile storage is a type of computer memory that can retain stored information even after power is removed. In contrast...
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    memory: volatile and non-volatile. Examples of non-volatile memory are flash memory and ROM, PROM, EPROM, and EEPROM memory. Examples of volatile memory...
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    programming languages, with C compilers available for practically all modern computer architectures and operating systems. The book The C Programming...
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  • History of Functional Programming Languages" (PDF). International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7829...
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  • Volatile memory, in contrast to non-volatile memory, is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it retains its contents...
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    to start the computer. Hence, non-volatile primary storage containing a small startup program (BIOS) is used to bootstrap the computer, that is, to read...
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    integrated into a microcontroller. If the main memory of a computer system were non-volatile, it would greatly reduce the time required to start a system...
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  • and unstructured computer source code. Code being developed with poor structure can be due to any of several factors, such as volatile project requirements...
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    brought parallel computing to desktop computers. Thus parallelization of serial programs has become a mainstream programming task. In 2012 quad-core processors...
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  • Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters. OTP (one time programmable) memory is a special type of non-volatile memory (NVM) that permits data to be written to...
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    boot program from some non-volatile memory. However, there is sometimes some form of machine language compatibility between different computers. An x86-64...
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  • object-oriented programming, a class defines the shared aspects of objects created from the class. The capabilities of a class differ between programming languages...
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  • etc. firmware Fixed programs and data that internally control various electronic devices. flash memory A type of non-volatile computer storage chip that...
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    In computer programming, a comment is text embedded in source code that a translator (compiler or interpreter) ignores. Generally, a comment is an annotation...
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  • and volatile. The content of these registers may change without the program doing anything (volatile) but it would be ill-formed for the program to attempt...
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    Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified...
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    basis for MOS non-volatile memory such as EPROM, EEPROM and flash memory. The "fourth-generation" of digital electronic computers used microprocessors...
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    runs hardware devices, such as the BIOS program in most computers, so that it can be updated. NVRAM (Non-volatile random-access memory) FRAM (Ferroelectric...
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    E2PROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory) is a type of non-volatile memory. It is used in computers, usually integrated in microcontrollers...
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    formats. Up to the mid-1990s, PLCs were programmed using proprietary programming panels or special-purpose programming terminals, which often had dedicated...
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    switched off. Computer memory that can retrieve stored data after a power supply has been turned off and back on is called non-volatile. It is an array...
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  • Imperative programming is a programming paradigm (way of designing a programming language) that describes computation in terms of the program state, and...
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    Some recording media may be temporary, either by design or by nature. Volatile organic compounds may be used to preserve the environment or to purposely...
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  • and checks before scoring leaf nodes with volatile positions. In chess, assume a situation where the computer only searches the game tree to six plies...
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    system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems...
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    for humans to access via computers, but its content is much harder to extract, transform, and process via computer programming logic if it is not machine-readable...
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    computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. Information technology is an application of computer...
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    which could provide crucial evidence. Volatile data is stored in memory or in transit and is lost when the computer is powered down. It resides in locations...
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    typically DRAM. RAM is volatile, meaning its contents will disappear if the computer powers down. Permanent storage or non-volatile memory is typically higher...
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