microseconds

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The tag 'microseconds' on WindowsForum.com appears in discussions about historical programming culture, network troubleshooting, and Formula 1 performance. One thread humorously references a 1983 article about programmers optimizing code to gain precious microseconds. Another thread involves intermittent network connection loss on a PC with a Killer e2200 NIC, where timing issues may be relevant. A third thread highlights how the Lotus F1 Team uses Microsoft technology to gain competitive advantages measured in microseconds, emphasizing productivity tools like Office 365 and smartphones. These examples show microseconds used in contexts of computing history, hardware troubleshooting, and high-performance racing.
  1. bochane

    Real Programmers don't use Pascal

    Looking through old papers I found a copy I made of an amusing contribution to Datamation July 1983 Readers' Forum: Real Programmers don't use Pascal Who knows nowadays of Fortran, Pascal or ADA? Who were able to dig into the machine code to gain some precious microseconds? We were, a long...
  2. GeneralHiningII

    Windows 10 Intermittent loss of connection - default gateway cannot be detected

    Relevant devices: Killer e2200 NIC (I know, mistakes were made) MSI Z87-G45 Motherboard (Ditto) Current drivers are the up to date (15th Aug 2016) standard drivers found here - Link Removed I used to use the Killer Suite, it was buggy, so I moved to the drivers-only version (this was when I...
  3. News

    Lotus F1: Performance at the limit with Microsoft

    The difference between winning and losing on the racetrack can be measured in microseconds. The Lotus F1 Team uses Microsoft technology to maximize performance and efficiency on and off the track. Link Removed Equipped with Link Removed smartphones, members of the Lotus F1 Team have access to...
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