Author: ignougroup

Question Detail: I’ve always wondered why processors stopped at 32 registers. It’s by far the fastest piece of the machine, why not just make bigger processors with more registers? Wouldn’t that mean less going to the RAM? Asked By : Matt Capone Read More …

Question Detail: Given an unweighted DAG (directed acyclic graph) $D = (V,A)$ and two vertices $s$ and $t$, is it possible to find the shortest and longest path from $s$ to $t$ in polynomial time? Path lengths are measured by the Read More …

Question Detail: WP has a adequate discussion of paging, which I think I understand.. However I am confused by the articles repeated use of the term Page Frame. I thought frames and pages were different things. Could someone please clarify the Read More …

Question Detail: How do I calculate RTT, do I start to measure the time from the beginning of the segment transmition or from the moment all the segment had been transmitted? The end time is the moment the sender gets the Read More …

Question Detail: This is not homework. I have the solution but it’s not what I’m getting. I know there are multiple solutions to the problem but I want to make sure that I’m not missing anything. The question is as follows: Read More …

Question Detail: Many computer science programs require two or three calculus classes. I’m wondering, how and when is calculus used in computer science? The CS content of a degree in computer science tends to focus on algorithms, operating systems, data structures, Read More …

Question Detail: A few years ago, MapReduce was hailed as revolution of distributed programming. There have also been critics but by and large there was an enthusiastic hype. It even got patented! [1] The name is reminiscent of map and reduce Read More …

Question Detail: Maybe this is quite simple but I have some trouble to get this reduction. I want to reduce Subset Sum to Partition but at this time I don’t see the relation! Is it possible to reduce this problem using Read More …

Question Detail: While reading a book, I came across a paragraph given below: In order to synchronize all of a computer’s operations, a system clock—a small quartz crystal located on the motherboard—is used. The system clock sends out a signal on Read More …