December 2012
Beginner
944 pages
31h 42m
English
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Index
A
access-control lists (ACLs), 832
ACLs (access-control lists), 832
ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface), 862
address space layout randomization (ASLR), 832
admission-control algorithms, 286
advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI), 862
advanced encryption standard (AES), 677
advanced local procedure call (ALPC), 135, 854
ALPC (advanced local procedure call), 135, 854
AMD64 architecture, 387
Amdahl's Law, 167
AMD virtualization technology (AMD-V), 720
Android operating system, 85–86
API (application program interface), 63–64
application containment, 713, 727–728
ARM architecture, 388
arrays, 31
ASIDs (address-space identifiers), 374
ASLR (address space layout randomization), 832
assembly language, 77
asynchronous threading, 172
augmented-reality applications, 36
authentication:
multifactor, 689
automatic working-set trimming, 446
B
background processes, 74–75, 115, 296
balanced binary search trees, 33
binary search trees, 33
binary trees, 33
bitmaps, 34
bourne-Again shell (bash), 789
bridging, 732
bugs, 66
C
CFQ (Completely Fair Queueing), 817
children, 33
chipsets, 836
Chrome, 123
CIFS (common internet file system), 871
circularly linked lists, 32
client(s):
thin, 35
clones, 715
Cocoa Touch, 84
code integrity module (Windows 7), 832
COM (component object model), 873
common internet file system (CIFS), ...
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