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  2. ABA problem - Wikipedia

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    In multithreaded computing, the ABA problem occurs during synchronization, when a location is read twice, has the same value for both reads, and the read value being the same twice is used to conclude that nothing has happened in the interim; however, another thread can execute between the two reads and change the value, do other work, then change the value back, thus fooling the first thread ...

  3. Compare-and-swap - Wikipedia

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    Some CAS-based algorithms are affected by and must handle the problem of a false positive match, or the ABA problem. It is possible that between the time the old value is read and the time CAS is attempted, some other processors or threads change the memory location two or more times such that it acquires a bit pattern which matches the old value.

  4. Timeboxing - Wikipedia

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    The schedule is divided into a number of separate time periods (timeboxes), with each part having its own deliverables, deadline and budget. [citation needed] Sometimes referred to as schedule as independent variable (SAIV). [1] "Timeboxing works best in multistage projects or tasks that take little time and you can fit them in the same time slot.

  5. ServiceNow - Wikipedia

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    ServiceNow, Inc. is an American software company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops a cloud computing platform to help companies manage digital workflows for enterprise operations. Founded in 2003 by Fred Luddy , ServiceNow is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Russell 1000 Index and S&P 500 Index . [ 2 ]

  6. Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia

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    The last modification date stamp (and with DELWATCH 2.0+ also the file deletion date stamp, and since DOS 7.0+ optionally also the last access date stamp and creation date stamp), are stored in the directory entry with the year represented as an unsigned seven bit number (0–127), relative to 1980, and thereby unable to indicate any dates in ...

  7. US Supreme Court tosses case involving securities fraud suit ...

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    The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta's Facebook of misleading investors about the ...

  8. How a GM layoff email sent to employees triggered a storm on ...

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    Bernard was part of a GM Fellowship program at Harvard and was fully supported for two years. When I talked with Bernard by phone, I asked him if he was actually awake at 5 a.m. when he got that ...

  9. Job-shop scheduling - Wikipedia

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    In a general job scheduling problem, we are given n jobs J 1, J 2, ..., J n of varying processing times, which need to be scheduled on m machines with varying processing power, while trying to minimize the makespan – the total length of the schedule (that is, when all the jobs have finished processing).