An Operating Systems Vade Mecum

viiiContents2.2 Virtual interrupts 2972.3 Pipes 2982.4 Ports 301Data. 302Access. 302Naming and transfer. 3032.5 Semantics of Read and Write 3073 Distributed operating systems 3083.1 Multiprocessors 3083.2 Local-area networks 3093.3 Long-haul networks 3113.4 Multicomputers 3124 The communication-kernel approach 3134.1 Processes and threads 3144.2 Communication 3154.3 Space management 3164.4 Other services 3165 Perspective 3176 Further reading 3187 Exercises 319REFERENCES 322GLOSSARY 328INDEX 352