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For example, a watchdog timer may be used when running untrusted code in a sandbox, to limit the CPU time available to the code and thus prevent some types of denial-of-service attacks. [2] In real-time operating systems , a watchdog timer may be used to monitor a time-critical task to ensure it completes within its maximum allotted time and ...
On 5 January 1975, the 12-bit field that had been used for dates in the TOPS-10 operating system for DEC PDP-10 computers overflowed, in a bug known as "DATE75". The field value was calculated by taking the number of years since 1964, multiplying by 12, adding the number of months since January, multiplying by 31, and adding the number of days since the start of the month; putting 2 12 − 1 ...
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Poor CPU cooling due to a CPU heatsink and case fans (or filters) that's clogged with dust or has come loose. Overclocking beyond the highest clock rate at which the CPU is still reliable. Failing motherboard. Failing processor. Failing memory. Failing I/O controllers, on either the motherboard or separate cards. Failing I/O devices.
The Time Stamp Counter was once a high-resolution, low-overhead way for a program to get CPU timing information. With the advent of multi-core/hyper-threaded CPUs, systems with multiple CPUs, and hibernating operating systems, the TSC cannot be relied upon to provide accurate results — unless great care is taken to correct the possible flaws: rate of tick and whether all cores (processors ...
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An illegal opcode, also called an unimplemented operation, [1] unintended opcode [2] or undocumented instruction, is an instruction to a CPU that is not mentioned in any official documentation released by the CPU's designer or manufacturer, which nevertheless has an effect.
Grindstone is a freeware Microsoft Windows desktop application that allows users to create and organize tasks and to track time.The application features a Task List window for managing tasks and time, a desktop gadget-like stopwatch for controlling the timer, and can produce reports and detect when the user is away.