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 ...
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 ...
Callbacks are references to executable code that higher levels of software pass into a function. These callbacks have the ability to greatly increase the portability and reuse of embedded software, ...
In a post I put up on Friday about the applicability of "phone song" lyrics to current telecom tech, I noted one song where the singer seems to be thinking about asking the operator to interrupt a ...
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 ...
You’re all set for the day with your to-do list. Your thoughts are organized, you have a plan in mind and you begin to power through the tasks for the day. Then you get an email from your boss asking ...
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 ...
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, ...
Five, now famous words, were spoken during the Vice Presidential debate. "Mr. Vice President, I'm Speaking," said Senator Kamala Harris. When Vice President Pence continued to talk over her, she, with ...