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The ITC distributed file system: principles and design

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M. Satyanarayanan,

John H. Howard,

David A. Nichols,

Robert N. Sidebotham,

Alfred Z. Spector,

Michael J. WestAuthors Info & Claims

SOSP '85: Proceedings of the tenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles

Pages 35 - 50

https://doi.org/10.1145/323647.323633

Published: 01 December 1985 Publication History

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The ITC distributed file system: principles and design
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems
        Memory management
        Distributed memory
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SOSP '85: Proceedings of the tenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles

December 1985

193 pages

ISBN:0897911741

DOI:10.1145/323647

Chairmen:
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Digital Equipment Corp.
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Digital Equipment Corp.
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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review Volume 19, Issue 5
Dec. 1-4, 1985
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ISSN:0163-5980
DOI:10.1145/323627
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