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  1. What and where are the stack and heap? - Stack Overflow

    Sep 17, 2008 · What are the stack and heap? Where are they located physically in a computer's memory? To what extent are they controlled by the OS or language run-time? What is their …

  2. What does it mean by word size in computer? - Stack Overflow

    Nov 6, 2013 · (Except on computers with only word-addressable memory.) Word size is a pretty fuzzy term in modern computing, but is often related to the register width of the CPU. Knowing …

  3. How to get memory available or used in C# - Stack Overflow

    Apr 15, 2009 · In .NET Core 3.0 and later (aka .NET 5 and later), you can use GC.GetGCMemoryInfo to get information about memory used by the GC heap and how much …

  4. How a variable and its reference is stored and accessed in …

    Dec 24, 2018 · The simplest one is that the computer has, in a certain moment, an amount of free and contiguous memory. When a program starts, all that (free and contiguous) memory is …

  5. How exactly are data types represented in a computer?

    Nov 19, 2015 · For the moment, don't bother with the electronic representation of variables in memory. Think of memory as a continuous block of 1-byte-cells, each storing an bit-pattern …

  6. How does the computer stores the values in memory?

    Nov 14, 2023 · The computer stores bits, the 16 bit value 0b10101010101101011 is the same as 0xAABB, just easier for humans to carry the 0xAABB around when communicating to each …

  7. how long is a memory address typically in bits - Stack Overflow

    Data width (content) is how many bits you could store in one memory cell address. (Think like an apartment with bedrooms- each apartment in a building has two bedrooms)and Data depth …

  8. How are ASCII characters stored in memory? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 13, 2009 · Consider a computer that has a byte addressable memory organized in 32 bit words according to the big endian scheme. A program reads ASCII characters entered at a …

  9. What's the difference between a word and byte? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 13, 2011 · For example, a computer that has 64-bit registers and 64- bit memory addressing typically has 64-bit (8-byte) words. A computer executes many operations in its native word …

  10. How do you get total amount of RAM the computer has?

    Using C#, I want to get the total amount of RAM that my computer has. With the PerformanceCounter I can get the amount of Available ram, by setting: counter.CategoryName …