Non-volatile memories are not the main memory (RAM) in computers, tablets and smartphones. However, they can be the main memory in devices such as sensors, industrial controls, point-of-sale terminals ...

Volatile stocks can be both beneficial and detrimental to one's portfolio. On one hand investors can realize greater profits with higher volatility, however on the other hand, opportunities can be ...

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Thanks for Glenn Hess’s article “U.S. Seeks Tighter Rail Safety Rules” (C&EN, Aug. 18, page 22). However, the word “volatile” is misused when he writes that “ethanol is less volatile than crude oil.” ...

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 ...