Server operating systems

Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on ACM SIGOPS European Workshop: Systems Support for Worldwide Applications, EW 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 141-148

  Kaashoek, M Frans ^a   Engler, Dawson R ^a   Ganger, Gregory R ^a   Wallach, Deborah A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE ACCESS; DYNAMIC COMPILER; EVENT-DRIVEN; HARDWARE PLATFORM; RUNTIME SUPPORT; SERVER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33749410498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/504450.504478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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