The data is lazy loaded, therefore the bytes are not loaded until they are accessed (if it's not available, it always loads all bytes until the intended byte and some reserve behind). This is ...

Memory mapping is an operating system feature that maps file contents directly into a process's virtual address space. Instead of reading file data into buffers with traditional I/O operations, the OS ...

File access is a resource-intensive operation. Accessing a file from the disk for an application is a time-consuming operation, and accessing data from the primary memory is always faster. So, what if ...

Hope this title is more or less correct! I have written a video importer that has to scan potentially huge files (several Gb) in order to find the frames of interest, with the only requirement for ...

The previous tutorial in this series demonstrated how to create hidden shares so others on the network are unable to see them. This tutorial continues the discussion on advanced sharing techniques, ...

Have you ever thought of writing your own compiler? There are a number of good reasons to do this. It's incredibly educational and can be useful. It can solve problems and produce abstractions that ...

While accessing a mapped network drive on Windows 11/10 computer, if you see the “The mapped network drive could not be created” error, the solutions provided in ...