▲ 1183 ▼ Software Terminology (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 202 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) I’d call that a file loaded to memory permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Most files are loaded to memory in order to make any kind of use out of them. I.e. read/write operations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Most files are loaded to memory in order to make any kind of use out of them. I.e. read/write operations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That’s true! I supposed it would be more precise to say that all processes are files loaded to memory, but not all files loaded to memory are processes. Sort of like the whole arachnids / spiders situation. permalink fedilink source parent
