Top "Blocking" questions

Is making sequential HTTP requests a blocking operation in node?

Note that irrelevant information to my question will be 'quoted' like so (feel free to skip these). Problem I am …

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Is there a non-blocking version of MessageBox.Show (or something like it)?

Long-delayed update I'm accepting MUG4N's answer to this question, and I also want to respond to some of the …

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Implement a blocking function call in Java

What is the recommended / best way to implement a blocking function call in Java, that can be later unblocked by …

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what happens when I write data to a blocking socket, faster than the other side reads?

suppose I write data really fast [I have all the data in memory] to a blocking socket. further suppose the …

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How to call an asynchronous JavaScript function and block the original caller

I have an interesting situation that my usually clever mind hasn't been able to come up with a solution for :) …

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Celery worker hangs without any error

I have a production setup for running celery workers for making a POST / GET request to remote service and storing …

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Process.Start is blocking

I'm calling Process.Start, but it blocks the current thread. pInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("C:\\Windows\\notepad.exe"); // Start process mProcess = …

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excel VBA to Automatically select Yes when prompted during mail merge

I'd like the system to be as automated for my users as possible. Right now, I have code that runs …

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What does the term "blocking" mean in programming?

Could someone provide a layman definition and use case?

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BlockingCollection(T) performance

For a while at my company we've used a home-grown ObjectPool<T> implementation that provides blocking access to …

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