Mémoire virtuellethumb|Schéma de principe de la mémoire virtuelle. En informatique, le mécanisme de mémoire virtuelle a été mis au point dans les années 1960. Il repose sur l'utilisation de traduction à la volée des adresses (virtuelles) vues du logiciel, en adresses physiques de mémoire vive. La mémoire virtuelle permet : d'utiliser de la mémoire de masse comme extension de la mémoire vive ; d'augmenter le taux de multiprogrammation ; de mettre en place des mécanismes de protection de la mémoire ; de partager la mémoire entre processus.
Transactional memoryIn computer science and engineering, transactional memory attempts to simplify concurrent programming by allowing a group of load and store instructions to execute in an atomic way. It is a concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory in concurrent computing. Transactional memory systems provide high-level abstraction as an alternative to low-level thread synchronization. This abstraction allows for coordination between concurrent reads and writes of shared data in parallel systems.
Overhead power lineAn overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy across long distances. It consists of one or more uninsulated electrical cables (commonly multiples of three for three-phase power) suspended by towers or poles. Since most of the insulation is provided by the surrounding air, overhead power lines are generally the least costly method of power transmission for large quantities of electric energy.
Asynchronous I/OIn computer science, asynchronous I/O (also non-sequential I/O) is a form of input/output processing that permits other processing to continue before the transmission has finished. A name used for asynchronous I/O in the Windows API is overlapped I/O. Input and output (I/O) operations on a computer can be extremely slow compared to the processing of data. An I/O device can incorporate mechanical devices that must physically move, such as a hard drive seeking a track to read or write; this is often orders of magnitude slower than the switching of electric current.
Ordonnancement dans les systèmes d'exploitationDans les systèmes d'exploitation, l’ordonnanceur est le composant du noyau du système d'exploitation choisissant l'ordre d'exécution des processus sur les processeurs d'un ordinateur. En anglais, l'ordonnanceur est appelé scheduler. Un processus a besoin de la ressource processeur pour exécuter des calculs; il l'abandonne quand se produit une interruption, etc. De nombreux anciens processeurs ne peuvent effectuer qu'un traitement à la fois.
