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  2. Garbage-first collector - Wikipedia

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    As well as compacting, G1 offers more predictable garbage collection pauses than the CMS collector and allows users to set their desired pause targets. In Java 9 G1 was made the default garbage collector, [6] [1] in spite of Google counter proposing the well-known CMS as the standard, claiming the modified CMS it uses performs better than G1. [7]

  3. Delta timing - Wikipedia

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    Delta time or delta timing is a concept used amongst programmers in relation to hardware and network responsiveness. [1] In graphics programming, the term is usually used for variably updating scenery based on the elapsed time since the game last updated, [2] (i.e. the previous "frame") which will vary depending on the speed of the computer, and how much work needs to be done in the program at ...

  4. Spinlock - Wikipedia

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    In software engineering, a spinlock is a lock that causes a thread trying to acquire it to simply wait in a loop ("spin") while repeatedly checking whether the lock is available. Since the thread remains active but is not performing a useful task, the use of such a lock is a kind of busy waiting .

  5. Spurious wakeup - Wikipedia

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    In the Solaris implementation of condition variables, a spurious wakeup may occur without the condition being assigned if the process is signaled; the wait system call aborts and returns EINTR. [2] The Linux p-thread implementation of condition variables guarantees that it will not do that. [3] [4]

  6. HLT (x86 instruction) - Wikipedia

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    In the x86 computer architecture, HLT (halt) is an assembly language instruction which halts the central processing unit (CPU) until the next external interrupt is fired. [1] Interrupts are signals sent by hardware devices to the CPU alerting it that an event occurred to which it should react.

  7. Here's what to expect when Congress convenes to certify the ...

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    In 2021, Congress convened at 1 p.m. in a joint session and, because of both a prolonged recess due to the breach of the Capitol and multiple state objections, did not complete its work certifying ...

  8. Monitor (synchronization) - Wikipedia

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    This was a spurious wakeup, some other thread occurred // first and caused the condition to become false again, and we must // wait again. wait (m, cv); // Temporarily prevent any other thread on any core from doing // operations on m or cv. // release(m) // Atomically release lock "m" so other // // code using this concurrent data // // can ...

  9. Retiree Mental Health Crisis: The Best & Worst States for ...

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    Every generation views their health and wellness differently. For older Americans, mental health diagnoses are becoming more prevalent. Between 2019 and 2023, the 65+ age group collectively ...