Loadable kernel modules

IEEE Software

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-71

  De Goyeneche, Juan Mariano ^a   Fernández De Sousa, Elena Apolinario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

KERNEL MODULES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032763038     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.744571     Document Type: Review

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