Information technology architecture is where abstractions become real. Modern enterprises are increasingly moving toward ...

Machine code: the ones and zeroes are an abstract representation of the electromagnetic signals flowing through the wires and computer chips. Assembler: hides away the machine code, allowing a ...

Electronic products that use a microcontroller have become so complex today that they commonly use a real-time operating system (RTOS). An RTOS can manage low-level resources and time, improving the ...

In 1973 Bob Metcalfe, a researcher for Xerox at Palo Alto Research Centre, helped think up a way for the company’s computers to send information to each other via co-axial cables. He called this ...

What if you could strip away the layers of abstraction that operating systems impose and interact directly with your computer’s hardware? Imagine crafting a program where every instruction is executed ...