Memory weaved by hand – THe LVDC

The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer a.k.a LVDC is one of the critical components of the Saturn V launch. LVDC is the computer that provided the autopilot for Saturn V from launch to Earth Orbit Insertion. LVDC is designed and manufactured by IBM’s Electronics System Center. It is considered as one of the technologically advanced memory […]

FUN WITH POINTERS

Pointers!A confusing yet curious topic. What is a POINTER?Well, it’s a variable that stores the address of another variable. We often get confused by the dual operation performed by the pointer.‘&‘ Operator is an address operator that gives the address of a particular variable.‘*‘ Operator is an indirection operator, that refers to the value pointed […]

Sliding over 𝐑𝐒-𝟐𝟑𝟐

It is used for the Serial interface. Other devices can be controlled through the terminal for text interface through RS 232. It was introduced in 1960 and since its introduction, it was known as 𝐑𝐒-𝟐𝟑𝟐 but it is now officially called 𝐓𝐈𝐀-𝟐𝟑𝟐. The TIA-232 describes mostly the 𝟐𝟓-𝐩𝐢𝐧 connector, the 𝟗-𝐩𝐢𝐧 connector description is also […]

Peeking Into The Assembly

Assembly is tough. How does the processing of c code takes place in assembly? What are the kinds of instructions that we could see? What is actually happening in this gigantic mesh of lines? This is my small step to look into the assembly code of a small program/ replicating a small segment of code […]

THREADS

Let’s talk about Threads What is a Thread? – A Thread is a path of execution within a process. A thread is also known as a lightweight process. The idea is to achieve parallelism by dividing a process into multiple threads. -A thread is an active entity as it executes as a part of a […]

THE SIMPLICITY OF STACK

Stack, the most frequently used data structure. Stack, as the name suggests, keeps on stacking up the data one above the other. Consider an example of stacking up books in a box. The implementation of stack in your program is similar to that. Stack is often referred to as Last In First Out (LIFO). Why? […]