Top "Operating-system" questions

An operating System (OS) is a basic software whose role is to be an abstract layer between software requisitions for resources and the hardware available, manage input/output, memory allocation/deallocation, file systems, among other basic tasks a device (not necessarily a computer) should do.

How can I safely create a nested directory?

What is the most elegant way to check if the directory a file is going to be written to exists, …

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What is the difference between a process and a thread?

What is the technical difference between a process and a thread? I get the feeling a word like 'process' is …

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Difference between binary semaphore and mutex

Is there any difference between a binary semaphore and mutex or are they essentially the same?

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What languages are Windows, Mac OS X and Linux written in?

I was just wondering who knows what programming languages Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made up from and …

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How do I programmatically determine operating system in Java?

I would like to determine the operating system of the host that my Java program is running programmatically (for example: …

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What is private bytes, virtual bytes, working set?

I am trying to use the perfmon windows utility to debug memory leaks in a process. This is how perfmon …

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How do I check CPU and Memory Usage in Java?

I need to check CPU and memory usage for the server in java, anyone know how it could be done?

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What are file descriptors, explained in simple terms?

What would be a more simplified description of file descriptors compared to Wikipedia's? Why are they required? Say, take shell …

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How to detect my browser version and operating system using JavaScript?

I have tried using the code below but it only display results in Chrome and Mozilla not working in IE6. &…

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