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Everything about Event (computing)

Computing state associated with a point in time

In computing, an event is a detectable occurrence or change in state that the system is designed to monitor, such as user input, hardware interrupt, system notification, or change in data or conditions. When associated with an event handler, an event triggers a response. The handler may run synchronously, where the execution thread is blocked until the event handler completes its processing, or asynchronously, where the event may be processed later. Even when synchronous handling appears to block execution, the underlying mechanism in many systems is still asynchronous, managed by the event loop. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Event (computing)A 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Event-Driven Computation Offloading in IoT With Edge ComputingInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Steve JobsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Computing efforts allocation for ordinal optimization and discrete event simulationCited 83 times
  5. Go sideways: Event-driven programmingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Event loopA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Events vs. messages
  2. Event evolution strategies
  3. Event semaphore

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