#cs-fundamentals

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[CS Fundamentals] Pointers in C
Introduction In this article, I will be talking about pointers in C. Pointers might be a bit hard concept for beginners, but they are essential to understand what your programs are doing. Moreover, th
Mar 25, 20265 min read6
[CS Fundamentals] Thread Synchronization: Semaphore, Mutex, and Lock
Semaphore vs Mutex Semaphore In a multi-threaded environment, your program might run into a problem if more than one threads are trying to acquire a shared resource at the same time. Semaphore is a synchronization tool used in programming to manage a...
Jan 23, 20253 min read13
[CS Fundamentals] Managing Deadlock in Operating Systems: Prevention and Detection Techniques
Definition & When it Happens Deadlock is a situation in which two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for the other(s) to release resources, creating a cycle of dependency. In real-life, deadlock kinda seems like this situ...
Jan 22, 20252 min read6