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The Design of the UNIX Operating System

This book describes the internal algorithms and the structures that form the basis of the UNIX (r)operating system and their relationship to the programmer interface. The system description is based on UNIX System V Release 2 supported by AT&T, with some features from Release 3.

Subject
science
Themes
technology
Audience
adult

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