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Asynchrony vs. Multithreading

... execution and comes back to it when that call is finished. There are various implementations for asynchronous programming. For example, Java 8's CompleteableFuture is an example where, when a blocking call needs to be made in the main thread, it spins up another thread (CompleteableFuture is based on the Runnable interface) to keep track of that call while the main thread continues with its execution.

June 20, 2020

OS 101

Kernel A kernel is the core software application of the operating system. It is generally not intended to be interacted with from a user-level perspective. Some responsibilities it can handle: Hardware management e.

December 21, 2022

Javascript Essentials

Hoisting Hoisting is JavaScript's default behavior of moving declarations to the top. Given the following Javascript code, what is the expected output, and why? fcn2(); fcn1(); function fcn2(){ alert("hi"); } var fcn1 = function(){ alert("hey") } The expected output is a pop up alert that says "hi", followed by an error that fcn1 isn't defined.

November 12, 2017