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Memory Management

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Concurrent Programming and Shared Memory Pitfalls

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Concurrent Programming and Shared Memory Pitfalls

Objectives * Process * Process Scheduling * Interprocess Communication * Synchronization Mechanisms What is a Process? Typically a process is: -> A program in execution is considered a process... -> But some programs run as multiple processes.. Process: A new Perspective We could view Process as a data structure. Example: Stack Defined as the

JavaScript: Garbage Collection

JavaScript: Garbage Collection

What is Garbage Collection? Overview Garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The garbage collector attempts to reclaim memory which was allocated by the program, but is no longer referenced also called garbage. Garbage collection was invented by American computer scientists around 1959 to simplify manual memory