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Before we can start a detailed study of operating systems, we need to introduce some basic concepts and develop a few tools. This will be the purpose of the present chapter.

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© 1988 A.M. Lister and R.D. Eager

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Lister, A.M., Eager, R.D. (1988). Concurrent Processes. In: Fundamentals of Operating Systems. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19371-4_3

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