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Amwoga Khalwale What Are Combinational Circuit (CC)? Combinational circuits are circuits made up of inputs, outputs and two or more logic gates. A logic gate is a basic building block of any electronic circuit. The circuits have no memory, timing or feedback loops, there operation is instantaneous. A combination logic circuit performs an operation assigned logically by … Read more
What Is Fork ( )? Fork is a function in UNIX operating system that is used to generate a duplicate of particular process by creating two simultaneous executing processes of a program. These two processes are typically called the ‘’parent’’ and ‘’child’’ processes. They use multitasking protocols to share system resources. When fork creates a … Read more
Memory allocation can be described as a process of assigning the physical or the virtual memory address space to a program (its instructions and data). The two basic methods of memory allocation are: Static Memory Allocation Dynamic Memory Allocation What Is Static Memory Allocation? Static memory allocation is the allocation of memory at compile time, … Read more
Conduction, convection and radiation are the three major ways in which thermal energy can be transferred from one object/substance to another or from a system to its surroundings. Both conduction and convection requires matter to transfer heat. However, if there is a temperature difference between two systems heat will always find a way to transfer … Read more
What Is A Resistor? A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component with the primary function of limiting the flow of current in a circuit, a function that is key to the operation of most circuits. They are typically constructed of metal wire or carbon and engineered to maintain a stable resistance value over a … Read more
What Is Substitution Reaction? A substitution reaction is also referred to as a single displacement reaction, single substitution reaction or single replacement reaction. Substitution reaction can be described as a reaction in which the functional group of one chemical compound is substituted by another group or it is a reaction which involves the replacement of … Read more
The generation in computers is used to refer to the change in or state of technology a computer is or was being used. In the early 1950s the term generation was used to describe the various changing aspects of hardware technologies. Today, in the world of computers, the term generation describes both hardware and software, … Read more
What Is Single Precision? Single precision is a format proposed by IEEE for representation of floating-point number. It occupies 32 bits in a computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point. A floating-point variable can represent a wider range of numbers than a fixed-point variable of … Read more
Hazel Eyes Hazel eyes are sometimes mistaken for green or brown eyes. They are not as rare as green eyes, but are rarer than blue eyes. Only about 5 percent of the population worldwide has the hazel eye genetic mutation. After brown eyes, they have the most melanin. . The combination of having less melanin … Read more
What Is An Adder? An adder is a digital circuit that performs addition of numbers. In many computers and other kinds of processors adders are used in the arithmetic logic units or ALU. They are also used in other parts of the processor, where they are used to calculate addresses, table indices, increment and decrement … Read more