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Windows 11 is the latest major release of the Windows NT operating system and the successor of Windows 10. Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 10, and further changes in older features have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 11. Following is a list of these.
Windows Vista introduced a hybrid sleep feature, which saves the contents of memory to hard disk but instead of powering down, enters sleep mode. If the power is lost, the computer can resume as if hibernated. Windows 7 introduced compression to the hibernation file and set the default size to 75% of the total physical memory. [18]
Unlike on Windows 8, use of OneDrive on Windows 8.1 requires the user's Windows account be linked to a Microsoft account; the previous OneDrive desktop client (which did not have this requirement) no longer works on Windows 8.1. Additionally, the Fetch feature does not work on Windows 8.1.
; Intel syntax locked:; The lock variable. 1 = locked, 0 = unlocked. dd 0 spin_lock: mov eax, 1; Set the EAX register to 1. xchg eax, [locked]; Atomically swap the EAX register with; the lock variable.; This will always store 1 to the lock, leaving; the previous value in the EAX register. test eax, eax; Test EAX with itself.
Microsoft Windows 2000 and later support sleep at the operating system level (ACPI S3 state) without special drivers from the hardware manufacturer, except of video adapters. Windows Vista's Hybrid sleep feature saves the contents of volatile memory to hard disk before entering sleep mode. If power to memory is lost, it will use the hard disk ...
Billionaire Elon Musk and his government efficiency team have been given access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s payment system, resolving a days-long standoff, the New York Times reported on ...
Shared locks can be held by multiple processes at the same time, but an exclusive lock can only be held by one process, and cannot coexist with a shared lock. To acquire a shared lock, a process must wait until no processes hold any exclusive locks. To acquire an exclusive lock, a process must wait until no processes hold either kind of lock.
“Or ‘Raging Bull,’” I said. “That’s one of the saddest movies ever made.” “I’ve seen a couple of ghosts,” the guy on my right said. “People see them. It’s a real thing. My aunt once had a ghost ask if it could kiss her. A female ghost.” “No one wants to hear that B.S.,” the driver said briskly, interrupting his buddy.