Questions tagged [io]
IO or I/O is a common shorthand for referring to Input and Output
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Memory interfacing and IO interfacing
What is the difference between memory interfacing and IO interfacing ?
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Should I store my code/projects on my SSD or my secondary drive?
I just got a new box.
It has an SSD for the primary drive and a 1TB SATA hard disk for the secondary drive.
I'm going to run Windows OS and my binaries on the SSD
and keep all my downloads/...
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CPU I/O communication
I know there is this question already discussed, but I still don´t understand something, so please just help me clarify it.
What I understand there is 2 way to do I/O aka communicate from CPU with ...
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How does data I/O takes place on USB Flash Memory?
I want to know how is data I/O takes place on flash drives which are typically EEPROM's . I thought so as I was writing a C Program that involves file handling .
For a normal HDD , that would ...
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How to change I/O priority of a process or thread in Win7?
Process Explorer is able to show the effective IO priority of a given thread, but not change it. Seeing as IO priority support is a comparatively new feature, most programs don't set their own IO ...
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Need data on disk drive management by OS: getting base I/O unit size, “sync” option, Direct Memory Access
I want to ensure I have done all I can to configure a system's disks for serious database use. The three areas I know of (any others?) to be concerned about are:
I/O size: The database engine and ...
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Linux: Is there something similar to "top" for I/O?
My disk often is utilized, but top (and htop, a custom replacement) show nothing suspicious.
Is there a way to sort processes by I/O (more specific: disk) utilization?
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Found out using iotop ...
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How do I fix a computer with no functioning I/O devices?
I have an old 2003 IBM Thinkpad my father in law wants to use as a netbook.
However, he got it in some sort of "wiped" condition with only a basic install of XP. The DVD drive seems to have a ...
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How do I find out what processes are accessing the hard disk in a GNU/Linux-based system?
I'm looking for the equivalent to top for disk access, so I can tell which process(es) are currently reading and/or writing to disk. I'm currently using Ubuntu, but I imagine there's a standard tool ...
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What's making my disk thrash in Windows XP?
I have a sick Windows XP laptop; something's making the disk thrash and the entire system is sluggish to unresponsive a few minutes after boot. How do I figure out what is making the disk thrash? Task ...
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IO Error when reading disc
I get this error when i tried to read the DVD DL i burnt
The request could not be performed because of an i/o error
Usually i get crc errors but not this time. Whats wrong and how do i fix it? what ...
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