PROCESSES and threads have one goal: Getting a computer to do more than one thing at a time. To do that, the processor (or processors) must switch smoothly among several tasks, which requires ...

If I up the number of threads in IIS 7.5 from 1 to 50, I am assuming the following: - the website will be able to handle/process more user interaction smoother as they are not waiting on one thread to ...

This piece excerpted from "Meta-mail: A Medium for Meaning," the latest edition of Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0 newsletter. Click here to download a free executive summary of the issue. COMMENTARY--Many ...