The communication links across which computers—or parts of computers—talk to one another may be either serial or parallel. A parallel link transmits several streams of data (perhaps representing particular bits of a stream of bytes) along multiple channels (wires, printed … Continue reading
The Centronics parallel interface is an older and still widely-used standard I/O interface for connecting printer s and certain other devices to computers. The interface typically includes a somewhat cumbersome cable and a 36- pin male and female connector at … Continue reading
The fork bomb is a form of denial-of-service (DoS) attack against a Linux based system. It makes use of the fork operation. the processes recursively fork until a denial of service or a crash occurs Fork bombs count as wabbits … Continue reading
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Advantages In semaphores there is no spinning, hence no waste of resources due to no busy waiting. That is because threads intending to access the critical section are queued. And could access the priority section when the are de-queued, … Continue reading