kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system that always has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel is...
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Thread (computing) (redirect from Threads (computer science))
In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which...
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Linus Torvalds (category Linux kernel programmers)
operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel". He is also the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award and...
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Microkernel (redirect from Micro kernel)
In computer science, a microkernel (often abbreviated as μ-kernel) is the near-minimum amount of software that can provide the mechanisms needed to implement...
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KL0 (redirect from Kernel Language 0)
Kernel Language 0 (KL0) is a sequential logic programming language based on Prolog, used in the ICOT Fifth generation computer project. Comparison of Prolog...
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In statistical classification, the Fisher kernel, named after Ronald Fisher, is a function that measures the similarity of two objects on the basis of...
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up kernel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kernel may refer to: Kernel (operating system), the central component of most operating systems Kernel (image...
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In computer science, resource starvation is a problem encountered in concurrent computing where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to...
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In computer science, a kernelization is a technique for designing efficient algorithms that achieve their efficiency by a preprocessing stage in which...
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Paulo; Kundu, Mahantapas (2018). "The journey of graph kernels through two decades". Computer Science Review. 27: 88–111. doi:10.1016/j.cosrev.2017.11.002...
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The Linux kernel is a free and open source: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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Protection ring (redirect from Kernel mode)
In computer science, hierarchical protection domains, often called protection rings, are mechanisms to protect data and functionality from faults (by improving...
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In computer science, marshalling or marshaling (US spelling) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object into a data format suitable...
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In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types...
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The Graphical Kernel System (GKS) is a 2D computer graphics system using vector graphics, introduced in 1977. It was suitable for making line and bar charts...
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Fugaku (supercomputer) (category Exascale computers)
Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It started development in 2014 as the successor to the K computer and made its debut in 2020. It...
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Developers from Tuxedo Computers regularly submit code and patches to the Linux kernel. Under the name MyTuxedo, Tuxedo Computers operates a cloud storage...
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In statistics, kernel regression is a non-parametric technique to estimate the conditional expectation of a random variable. The objective is to find a...
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compete for resources, possibly freezing the computer, until the herd is calmed down again. The Linux kernel serializes responses for requests to a single...
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Mach (/mɑːk/) is an operating system kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Richard Rashid and Avie Tevanian to support operating system research...
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HarmonyOS NEXT (redirect from HarmonyOS kernel)
Pura 80 series. The HongMeng kernel, sometimes referred to as the Harmony kernel, is a computer operating system (OS) kernel developed by Huawei since August...
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This glossary of computer science is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in computer science, its sub-disciplines, and related fields, including...
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Andrew S. Tanenbaum (category Computer science educators)
the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the...
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Bryan Johnson (section Kernel)
of Kernel, a company creating devices that monitor and record brain activity, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science and...
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In mathematics, the kernel of a linear map, also known as the null space or nullspace, is the part of the domain which is mapped to the zero vector of...
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Module (redirect from Module (computer science))
System Modules (C++) Module SQL Loadable kernel module, an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel Environment Modules, a software tool...
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In computer science, a fiber is a particularly lightweight thread of execution. Like threads, fibers share address space. However, fibers use cooperative...
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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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The Department of Computer Science and Technology, formerly the Computer Laboratory, is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge...
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(1997). "Eliminating receive livelock in an interrupt-driven kernel". ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. 15 (3): 217–252. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.156.667. doi:10...
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