Just as you can often treat device registers as a memory-mapped struct, you can treat an interrupt vector as a memory-mapped array. In my last column, I suggested that you use casts sparingly and with ...

Interruptions aren’t just a staple of our daily lives. They’re also crucial for making computer systems work as well as they do, as they allow for a system to immediately respond to an event. While on ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote in Slate about a study I conducted showing that men in tech interrupt more than women and women are interrupted constantly, but in corporate settings, women in executive ...

Defining device drivers Discussing the difference between architecture-specific and board-specific drivers Providing several examples of different types of device drivers Most embedded hardware ...

Normal execution of a given software application is contained within the bounds of one program, or instruction stream. Such execution is provable, as well as traceable. However, system designers and ...

In my therapy practice, I often hear couples say, “Don't interrupt me. It’s my turn to talk.” Feeling shamed, the person may back off sheepishly, but are they still listening? I know, I know, ...

You don't have to give up on getting your point across just because you don't want to be rude. Whether it's during a work meeting or a gossip session with friends, it's normal for people to interrupt ...

If you’ve ever worked in the corporate world, chances are you’ve had to sit through a meeting that 100 percent could have been an email. In these situations, it’s frustrating and anxiety-inducing to ...

You shouldn’t interrupt. Yes, from an early age, you’re reminded that cutting people off when they’re speaking is rude. But, let’s face it — there are times when you need to stop someone mid-sentence.

After an upgrade to a newer version of Windows or after you update Windows to the latest build or after you have installed new software or hardware, you may get the ...