General Flashcards
What is hashing?
Hashing is the process of transforming a given value into an integer
File systems
What is a path?
A path is an address to a file or directory
What is hardware?
Hardware is physical machinery
What is a bit?
A bit is a binary digit. It can either be a 0 or 1
What is a byte?
A byte is a unit of 8 bits
What is a kilobyte?
A kilobyte is ~1 thousand bytes
What is a megabyte?
A megabyte is ~1 million bytes
What is a gigabyte?
A gigabyte is ~1 billion bytes
What is a terabyte?
A terabyte is ~1 trillion bytes
What is serialization?
Serialization is the process of converting objects into bytes
What is deserialization?
Deserialization is the process of converting bytes into objects
What is a side effect?
A side effect is the modification of state outside of a local environment
What are production engineers known as?
Production engineers are known as SRE, DevOps engineers, and Sysadmins
