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Principles of Computer System Design
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Principles of Computer System Design

by Jerome H. Saltzer, M. Frans Kaashoek
May 2009
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
18h 27m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Index of Concepts

Design principles and hints appear in underlined italics. Procedure names appear in SMALL CAPS. Page numbers in bold face are in the Glossary. Page numbers that are greyed out are in a section that is [on-line].

A

abort, 475, Ch. 9
absolute path name, 68, 72, 475
abstraction, 22, 475
leaky, 30
accelerated aging, Ch. 8
access control list, 475, Ch. 11
access time, 48
ACK (See acknowledgment)
acknowledgment, 475, Ch. 7
ACQUIRE, 225, Ch. 9
action, 53, 475, Ch. 9
action graph, Probsets
active fault, 475, Ch. 8
ad hoc wireless network, 425, Probsets
adaptive
routing, 475, Ch. 7
timer, Ch. 7
additive increase, Ch. 7
address
destination, 482
in naming, 51, 122, 475
in networks, 495, Ch. 7
resolution ...
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