MemoryInUse (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MemoryInUse[] gives the number of bytes currently being used to store all data in the current Mathematica kernel session. MemoryInUse[$FrontEnd] gives the number of bytes ...

Exact and Approximate Results (Mathematica Tutorial)

A standard electronic calculator does all your calculations to a particular accuracy, say ten decimal digits. With Mathematica, however, you can often get exact results. ...

The Mathematica Compiler (Compiled Function Tools Package Overview)

The Mathematica compiler provides an important way both to speed up and also to work with Mathematica computations. Introduction Compiled Function Operation

How MathLink Is Used (Mathematica Tutorial)

MathLink provides a mechanism through which programs can interact with Mathematica. Some typical uses of MathLink. MathLink provides a general interface for external programs ...

Evaluation > Notebook's Kernel (Mathematica Menu Item)

Notebook's Kernel specifies the kernel for a notebook.

External Operations (Mathematica Guide)

Tightly integrated into Mathematica's core language is a rich set of primitives for interacting with external environments. Mathematica's symbolic architecture makes possible ...

$MachineType (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MachineType is a string giving the general type of computer on which Mathematica is being run.

Introduction (Parallel Package Tutorial)

Parallel computing in Mathematica is based on launching and controlling multiple Mathematica kernel (worker) processes from within a single master Mathematica, providing a ...

The Software Engineering of Mathematica (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica is one of the more complex software systems ever constructed. It is built from several million lines of source code, written in C/C++, Java and Mathematica. The C ...

SetSharedVariable (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SetSharedVariable[s_1, s_2, ...] declares the symbols s_i as shared variables whose values are synchronized among all parallel kernels.