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1. Dynamic Link Libraries

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Application installation/distribution software, Computer programming, Dynamic link library, Application development software, Computer software industry -- Analysis, Computer programming -- Analysis, Program development software -- Analysis
Abstract

Dynamic Link Libraries grew in popularity in the mid-1990s as simple mechanisms for linking and sharing software code with Windows applications at runtime. In concept, the DLL did for Windows […]

Published
2001

2. Sockets

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Application installation/distribution software, Programming utility, Application development software, Computer software industry -- Product information, Program development software -- Design and construction -- Product information
Abstract

Born at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1980s, sockets first appeared in the Unix world as the Berkeley Sockets Interface, a programming device designed to help far-flung networked […]

Published
2001

3. More on Sockets

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Application installation/distribution software, Cable television/data services, Company Web site/Web page, Online services, Application development software, Information services industry, Computer software industry -- Directories, Online services -- Directories, Information services industry, Program development software -- Directories, Web sites -- Directories, Information services -- Directories
Abstract

The Web is a ready resource for detailed information about building sockets on a variety of platforms. The following are some helpful sites: 3www.sockets.com/ A guide for users of WinSock […]

Published
2001

4. Sniffing Out Convergence

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Network management device, Computer-telephone integration, Company business management, Open application interface, Market trend/market analysis, Technology application, Network management software, Network capacity management, Integrated voice/data, Network management, Microcomputer/LAN data communications software, Voice over IP, Mainframe/minicomputer management software, Integrated voice/data -- Management -- Technology application -- Forecasts and trends, Computer software industry -- Product development -- Forecasts and trends, Network management systems -- Product development, VoIP (Network protocol) -- Product development, Computer-Telephone integration -- Management -- Technology application -- Forecasts and trends, Network management software -- Product development
Abstract

As corporations consider the efficiencies and cost advantages of merging today's separate voice and data networks onto one IP pipeline, network tool vendors are busily evolving sniffer products. In the […]

Published
2001

5. Network Sniffers

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Network management software, Computer network equipment industry, LAN monitor, Microcomputer/LAN data communications software, Mainframe/minicomputer management software, Computer software industry -- Design and construction -- Product information, Network analyzers -- Product information, Computer network equipment industry -- Product information, Network management software -- Design and construction -- Product information
Abstract

The tools known as network sniffers are named after a product called the Sniffer Network Analyzer. Introduced in 1988 by Network General Corp. (now Network Associates Inc.), the Sniffer was […]

Published
2001

6. Real-Time Operating Systems

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
64-bit operating system, 32-bit operating system, Market trend/market analysis, Operating system, Computer software industry -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends, Operating systems -- Analysis -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

YOU CAN FIND Real-time operating systems (RTOS) everywhere. They are as ubiquitous as their more familiar operating-system cousins - Windows, Mac OS and Unix - that control software applications and […]

Published
2001

7. Fewer Servers Better Service

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Network/file server technology, Network management, Company system downsizing, Company systems management, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts L.L.C., Dresdner Bank AG (Frankfurt, Germany), Hotels and motels, Banking industry
Abstract

Think big. That may be the image ingrained in our imaginations, but it's not always accurate when it comes to managing IT resources. One big idea currently percolating at Dresdner […]

Published
2001

8. Buses: Front-side and Backside

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Semiconductor industry, Microprocessor, Company business management, Microprocessor upgrade, Market trend/market analysis, Systems management, Central processing units -- Management -- Forecasts and trends, Computer organization -- Forecasts and trends, Microprocessors -- Management -- Forecasts and trends, Semiconductor industry -- Management -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Drop a 450-horsepower, 10-cylinder Dodge Viper engine into your vintage Yugo, and you'll have the hottest wheels this side of Bosnia, right? Maybe, unless the transmission melts down, the axles […]

Published
2001

9. Writable DVD

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
DVD drive, Digital video disk, Optical disk drive, DVD drives -- Equipment and supplies -- Product development, Video recording industry -- Product development -- Equipment and supplies, Digital video disk -- Equipment and supplies -- Product development
Abstract

When the first commercial DVD drives arrived in 1997, advocates for the technology heralded it as the heir apparent to CD-ROM drives, which were then standard equipment in new PCs […]

Published
2001

10. Compilers, Interpreters and Bytecode

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Semiconductor industry, Semiconductor device, Company business planning, Compiler/decompiler, Semiconductor industry -- Planning, Coroutines -- Planning, Compilers -- Planning, Compiling (Electronic computers) -- Planning
Abstract

Compilers are a bit like Florida election officials: They're suddenly in the spotlight after years of relative anonymity. The reason for the attention is the arrival of fast and complex […]

Published
2001

11. Silicon on Insulator

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Semiconductor industry, Microprocessor, Microprocessor upgrade, Technology application, International Business Machines Corp. -- Product development -- Technology application, Central processing units -- Innovations -- Product development -- Technology application, Microprocessors -- Innovations -- Product development -- Technology application, Semiconductor industry -- Innovations -- Product development -- Technology application
Abstract

Remember those childhood treats known as pigs in a blanket? There's a new chip-fabrication technology you might think of as a 'chip in a blanket.' Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chips are made […]

Published
2000

12. Chip Multiprocessing

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Network/file server technology, Multiprocessing, Technology development, Technology application, Multiprocessing -- Usage, File servers -- Innovations
Abstract

Early next year, top-echelon power users will find out if two heads are better than one. That's when Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and others will […]

Published
2000

13. Random-Access Memory; DEFINITIONRandom-access memory (RAM) refers to the chips that are used inside a PC to store instructions and data for processes that are running. Typically, these chips are located close to a CPU, and some are even built into the CPU itself. Unlike data stored on a hard disk (also a form of memory), most RAM is volatile; it requires electrical power to retain data

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
Semiconductor industry, Microprocessor, SRAM, Microprocessor upgrade, RAM, Intel Corp. -- Product development -- Product defects and recalls, Intel 820 (Microprocessor) -- Product defects and recalls -- Product information, Central processing units -- Product defects and recalls -- Product development -- Usage -- Product information, Microprocessors -- Product defects and recalls -- Product development -- Usage -- Product information, Semiconductor industry -- Product information -- Product development -- Product defects and recalls, Static random access memory -- Product defects and recalls -- Product development -- Usage -- Product information, Random access memory -- Usage -- Product defects and recalls -- Product development -- Product information
Abstract

Memory is alot like your health: You tend not to think about it unless there's a problem. In the case of computer memory, the problems are usually plodding system performance […]

Published
2000

14. Random-Access Memory.

Author

Joch, Alan

Subjects
*RANDOM access memory, *COMPUTER storage devices
Abstract

Provides information on random-access memory (RAM). Applications of RAM; Problems with Rambus dynamic RAM; Types of RAM.

Published
2000

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