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Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) in Embedded Systems

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These systems are designed to perform specific tasks efficiently, often in real-time, without the complexities of a general-purpose computer. Real-time operating systems ( RTOS ) play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and predictability of embedded systems.

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Exploring Operating Systems and Distributions: A Comprehensive Overview

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Operating systems (OS) are the foundation of computers, allowing people to communicate with devices and administer software. From the dawn of computers to the present day, a multitude of operating systems and distributions have emerged to meet the different demands and tastes of users.

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What Is Configuration Testing in Software Testing?

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Configuration testing plays a critical part in the development life cycle by specifying the quality and portability of software. It helps to understand whether a program can be used on any operating system other than the one for which it was designed.

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Software Interrupt Time – ‘si’ Time in top

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CPU consumption in Unix/Linux operating systems is studied using eight different metrics: User CPU time , System CPU time , nice CPU time , Idle CPU time , Waiting CPU time , Hardware Interrupt CPU time , Software Interrupt CPU time , Stolen CPU time. In this article let's study ‘Software Interrupt CPU time’.

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MySQL Memory Management, Memory Allocators, and Operating System

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When users experience memory usage issues with any software, including MySQL, their first response is to think that it’s a symptom of a memory leak. As this story will show, this is not always the case. This story is about a bug.

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7 Steps to Optimize the Cost of Software Testing

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Why Software Testing Is Important. An average mobile app contains about 50,000 lines of code, Microsoft Windows operating system has about 50 million lines of code, while Google’s entire code base is estimated to contain 2 billion lines of code. So how does the software tester decide what to test? How to test?

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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

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Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Is open source software secure?