Multithreaded programs often function erratically or produce erroneous values due to the lack of thread synchronization. Synchronization is the act of serializing (or ordering one at a time) thread ...

All Java programs are compiled into class files that contain bytecodes, the machine language of the Java virtual machine. In this JavaWorld classic, Bill Venners goes under the hood of the JVM to ...

If you need to control access to certain pieces of data in a class when writing multithreaded applications, see how you can use the volatile keyword to get a similar effect as using the synchronized ...

Java is the new language developed by Sun Microsystems that significantly raises the level of technology on the Web. Java allows individuals, Web designers, and organizations large and small to build ...

IBM recently introduced a Java library for developers to create collaborative, mitigation and multi-device applications. Fluid Sync is a Java framework that takes a different approach to data ...

One of the first indicators of a runtime performance problem is a high Java CPU usage report from a JVM profiler or Java monitoring tool. Unfortunately, high Java CPU utilization problems on Windows ...