Popular pages

• What really happens when you navigate to a URL

  What really happens when you navigate to a URL As a software developer, you certainly have a high-level picture of how web apps work and what kinds of technologies are involved: the browser, HTTP, HTM...

• Why computers represent signed integers using two’s complement

  Why computers represent signed integers using two’s complement If you had to come up with a way to represent signed integers in 32-bits, how would you do it? One simple solution would be to use one bi...

• Gallery of Processor Cache Effects

  Gallery of Processor Cache Effects Most of my readers will understand that cache is a fast but small type of memory that stores recently accessed memory locations.  This description is reasonably accu...

• Use C# dynamic typing to conveniently access internals of an object

  Use C# dynamic typing to conveniently access internals of an object Sometimes you need to access private fields and call private methods on an object – for testing, experimentation, or to work around ...

• Volatile keyword in C# – memory model explained

  Volatile keyword in C# – memory model explained memory model is a fascinating topic – it touches on hardware, concurrency, compiler optimizations, and even math. The memory model defines what state a ...

• How RAID-6 dual parity calculation works

  How RAID-6 dual parity calculation works Parity protection is a common technique for reliable data storage on mediums that may fail (HDDs, SSDs, storage servers, etc.) Calculation of parity uses tools...