Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value.

Abstract: An encrypter for encoding and decoding data, wherein clear text data to be encoded is logically combined with a portion of a non-linear pseudo-random bit sequence signal to provide a partially encoded signal. The bit sequence of the non-linear pseudo-random signal is chosen in accordance with a user selected key. A shuffle register receives the partially encoded signal and interchanges the positions of the bits making up the partially encoded signal in accordance with a user selected key to provide the fully encoded signal. The fully encoded signal may then be recorded, for example, on the magnetic stripe of a credit card.Means are provided for decoding the above described encoded signal using the same portion of the nonlinear pseudo-random bit sequence that was used for encoding.