volatile warns the optimizer that a variable can change without notice, so we need to know why that would ever matter. And for that, we’ll take a quick glimpse into the logic of (one type of) compiler ...

An erroneous term. Storage devices, including magnetic disks and tapes, solid state disks (SSDs) and rewritable optical discs, hold their content permanently until purposely changed (they are non ...

How to take advantage of the volatile keyword in C# to ensure that concurrent threads get the latest value of an object The optimization techniques used by the JIT (just-in-time) compiler in the ...

Lasting without power. All storage is non-volatile; however, most memory (RAM) is not, but there are exceptions (see non-volatile memory). See storage vs. memory. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...

Generating random lists of numbers in Excel is handy for randomizing lists, statistical sampling, and many other uses. However, Excel's random number functions are volatile, meaning they change ...