The use of atomic weapons at the end of World War 2 fostered fears about their potential use during the Cold War years.
Interrupts and signals are low-level mechanisms that can alter the flow of control in a way similar to a subroutine, but usually occur as a response to some external stimulus or event (that can occur asynchronously), rather than execution of an 'in-line' control flow statement.
By Ashley Crossman. Definition: A control variable is a variable that is held constant in a research analysis. The use of control variables is generally done to answer four basic kinds of questions: 1.Is an observed relationship between two variables just a statistical accident? 2.efinition: A control variable is a variable that is held constant in a research analysis.