For the purposes of this column, we will focus on signed and unsigned binary integers. It’s usually best to start with what ...

An IP address is a 32-bit unsigned integer. It’s usually written as four numbers separated by dots, as in: 212.227.196.186. This format is knows as the “dotted decimal notation”. Applications use ...

Almost all Linux kernel device drivers work on more than just one type of processor. This only happens because device-driver writers adhere to a few important rules. These rules include using the ...

Kotlin 1.5.0, the latest upgrade to JetBrains’ statically typed language, is now available in a production release. Highlights include stable support for JVM records and sealed interfaces. JVM records ...