A wired local area network is a local area network where the connectivity between different components or elements of the LAN is done using wires and cable. Well to implement the wired LANs various technologies were introduced such as token ring, token bus, FDDI, ATM LANs, and Ethernet. Among all these technologies only Ethernet survived the market as it has the capability … [Read more...] about Wired Local Area Network
Multiple Access Control
Multiple access control is a method that allows multiple stations to share the same link. Well, the data link layer is responsible for the transmission of frames between the sender and receiver. We can classify the function of the data link layer into two types: Data Link Control Multiple Access Control The data link control protocols offer reliable communication … [Read more...] about Multiple Access Control
Hardwired Control Unit
A hardwired control unit is a control unit designed using hardware components such as logic gates, flip-flops, decoders etc. Well, there are two ways to design any control unit, it can be designed using hardwired control or using microprogrammed control. Both hardwired and microprogrammed control unit are implemented to generate the control signals required to fetch and … [Read more...] about Hardwired Control Unit
Producer Consumer Problem
The producer-consumer problem which is also known by the term bounded buffer problem is a process synchronization problem. Process synchronization coordinates the execution of processes sharing common resources in such a way that there is no concurrent access to the shared resources to avoid race conditions. In this context, we are going to discuss the producer-consumer … [Read more...] about Producer Consumer Problem
Interprocess Communication (IPC)
Interprocess communication takes place between the cooperating processes. These processes communicate with each other by sharing data and information. Although there occur some issues while establishing interprocess communication. We will discuss those issues along with their solution. We will also discuss ways to achieve interprocess communication. Content: Interprocess … [Read more...] about Interprocess Communication (IPC)