Category: Computer memory
How do computers
Remember? By disc and RAM,
And now by "racetrack"!
Discs spin, cheap but slow;
RAM is quicker but costly;
Racetrack's fast and cheap.
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Racetrack uses spin
Momentum, sliding data
Back and forth on nanowires.Continue
If you like the idea of having remote access to your files, but aren’t comfortable with cloud storage services, such as Egnyte or Dropbox, then Pogoplug Biz may be worth considering. The Pogoplug hardware allows users to connect up to four external hard drives directly to the Internet; more drives can be added with additional Pogoplugs.Continue
We are, in a manner of speaking, getting used to being surprised by both the pace of change and the face of change. Change comes more and more rapidly on its predecessors' heels as we see desktops supplanted by laptops and laptops replaced by smart phones. But the corollary to all this change is an unspoken expectation that the nature of computing itself is not changing. Two recent developments in chip design are shaking that expectation. Continue
Twig is a must-have tool for any PHP developer. It's a powerful templating engine that allows you to leave the HTML out of your back-end code, and put it where it belongs - in the template files. It's particularly handy if you're working alongside a front-end developer, as you can work in parallel. Caching helps to keep everything running quickly.
This guide is a quick introduction to using Twig in your projects. If you've never used a templating engine before or you're a seasoned pro, this guide will get you up and running with Twig. Once you've started using it, you can't go back.Continue
