Top "Low-level" questions

In terms of a computer system, low-level refers to the components that appears lower in the stack of system layers.

How are 3D arrays stored in C?

I understand that arrays in C are allocated in row-major order. Therefore, for a 2 x 3 array: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Is stored in memory …

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How does CheatEngine's speed hack work?

Cheat Engine comes with a feature called speed hack which basically can slow down or increase speed of the game. …

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Why do you program in assembly?

I have a question for all the hardcore low level hackers out there. I ran across this sentence in a …

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Divide by 10 using bit shifts?

Is it possible to divide an unsigned integer by 10 by using pure bit shifts, addition, subtraction and maybe multiply? Using …

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Assembly - .data, .code, and registers...?

So this morning I posted a confused question about assembly and I received some great genuine help, which I really …

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How to run a C program with no OS on the Raspberry Pi?

I'd like to experiment using the Raspberry Pi for some different low level embedded applications. The only problem is that, …

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Why bit endianness is an issue in bitfields?

Any portable code that uses bitfields seems to distinguish between little- and big-endian platforms. See the declaration of struct iphdr …

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Which programming languages aren't considered high-level?

In informatics theory I hear and read about high-level and low-level languages all time. Yet I don't understand why this …

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What is the best way to add two numbers without using the + operator?

A friend and I are going back and forth with brain-teasers and I have no idea how to solve this …

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To learn assembly - should I start with 32 bit or 64 bit?

I'm really wanting to learn assembly. I'm pretty good at c/c++, but want a better understanding of what's going …

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