K. Thompson
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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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.
Key concepts: Unix, Unix architecture, Operating system, Unix filesystem, Computer science, Time-sharing, File system, Environment variable