Tag: I/O
Demystifying IO Performance
In this article we are going to look at some of the indicators that help us determine the speed (performance) of an IO system.
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Joy of Programming: The Legacy of C
Dennis Ritchie died on the 8th of October 2011, at the age of 70. His lasting contributions to computing include creating the C language,...
Device Drivers, Part 9: Input/Output Control in Linux
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, talks about the typical ioctl() implementation and usage in Linux.
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Databases in the Era of Cloud Computing and Big Data
We take a look at the directions in which databases are evolving, driven by the twin factors of the "Cloud" and "Big Data". Let's...
Better Queries with MySQL, Part 2
Last month, we created a simple table with an index. The idea was to understand how indexes work in MySQL. For this, we populated...
Python Threading and its Caveats
As a rapid application development language, Python is highly preferred for being easy to use, feature-rich and robust. With multi-core processors now becoming more...
