Let’s try to find out if a given number is prime or composite in 32 bit Ubuntu — Intel assembly. — It is no big deal to write a program to find if a number is prime. But what if we did so in assembly? How would we handle overhead of calling conventions, registers and branching/looping? Chunks of a program are split across sections of a process. All data manipulation statements…

Her Highness Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-ruling British monarch. Her Highness’ consort Prince Philip was the longest-serving consort in British history. — Born on April 21, 1926, as Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of the United Kingdom and head of state of 14 other countries. …

A graph is a pair of (V, E) where V is a set of vertices and E is a set of edges. — Alright, Alright! We all have read the definition of a graph at some point of time in our lives. And the definition goes like this: “A graph is a pair of (V, E) where V is a set of vertices and E is a set of edges.” …

Let’s say we secured the positions of software developer interns at a supermarket. Our task is to develop an application for the market that lists all the cars on sale. —

The adapter design pattern takes an interface and makes it compatible with another interface. — Say, we have got our source code (an interface and its subclasses). Our source code interface makes a request to the third-party library interface. Both the interfaces talk to each other and work in sync perfectly. But a new vendor walked in and wrote a new third-party library (interface). The…

File system: It is a module of the operating system whose job is to help users store and fetch data. The file system keeps track of free space and data in non-volatile memory with the help of indexes. These indexes come in handy when data is to be stored or…

The observer design pattern is used when 1-M (one to many) relationship exists between objects. Many objects are dependent on one particular object. Such that, when ‘one object’ is modified, the dependent objects are notified automatically. — Well, the definition of the Observer design pattern is quite bookish. Let’s try to understand this with a real-life example. Recently, England hosted the World Test Championship and it was broadcasted by ‘HotStar’ and ‘CriccBuzz’ in India. …

January 05, 1664: Mughal general Shaista Khan has spent three years fighting the Marathas in the south (India). The financial condition of the latter has become dire. Chhatrapati Raje plans to attack the Mughal port of Surat. …

I am a 22-year-old male from India. Most often I and my friends engage in a discussion/debate that why it is difficult for Indian men to find a girlfriend, compared to the western countries, in general. — Dating comes later, the first step is to approach a woman. And while doing so, Indian men are failing to consider the perception of the Indian women towards Indian men. Think about women safety in India, why would an Indian woman even trust an Indian male approaching her?