TY - BOOK AU - McKusick,Marshall Kirk AU - Neville-Neil,George V. AU - Watson,Robert N.M. TI - The design and implementation of the FreeBSD operating system SN - 9780321968975 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - QA76.774.F74 M35 2015 U1 - 005.4/32 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Addison Wesley KW - FreeBSD KW - Free computer software KW - Operating systems (Computers) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book contains comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of the FreeBSD open-source operating system. Coverage includes the capabilities of the system; how to effectively and efficiently interface to the system; how to maintain, tune, and configure the operating system; and how to extend and enhance the system. The authors provide a concise overview of FreeBSD's design and implementation. Then, while explaining key design decisions, they detail the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing the systems facilities. As a result, this book can be used as an operating systems textbook, a practical reference, or an in-depth study of a contemporary, portable, open-source operating system. -- Provided by publisher ER -