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At this stage in the development of our paper operating system we have established an environment in which processes can exist and in which memory can be allocated to hold the associated programs and data. We now turn our attention to the means by which processes communicate with the outside world: that is, to mechanisms for the input and output of information.
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© 1988 A.M. Lister and R.D. Eager
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Lister, A.M., Eager, R.D. (1988). Input and Output. In: Fundamentals of Operating Systems. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19371-4_6
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