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UNIX Time-Sharing System: UNIX Implementation
The work
| Authors | K. Thompson |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1978 |
| Citekey | thompson1978unix |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Bell System Technical Journal |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1931--1946 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02137.x |
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| OpenAlex | W1975149377 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02137.x |
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Abstract
This paper describes in high-level terms the implementation of the resident uNIX∗ kernel. This discussion is broken into three parts. The first part describes how the UNIX system views processes, users, and programs. The second part describes the I/O system. The last part describes the UNIX file system.
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Cite it as
@article{thompson1978unix,
title = {UNIX Time-Sharing System: UNIX Implementation},
author = {K. Thompson},
year = {1978},
journal = {Bell System Technical Journal},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
volume = {57},
number = {6},
pages = {1931--1946},
doi = {10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02137.x},
}
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