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Quote: the goal of an operating system is insensitivity to indeterminism; via layers that are insensitive to proceeding layers
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operating system
Topic:
non-deterministic processing
Topic:
decomposition of a system into levels
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virtual machine
Topic:
operating system kernel
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this insensitivity [to the cycles stolen by the channel] must be one of our … structure, making the total organization insensitive (or "as … this must be one of our dearest goals. … A and B, and so … This "layered insensitivity" is, in two words, our … We can regard an operating system as the … operating system can then be regarded as a … "improvement". Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: structure an operating system as layers of insensitive, abstract machines
Group: operating system (27 topics, 877 quotes)
Topic: non-deterministic processing (19 items)
Topic: decomposition of a system into levels (49 items)
Topic: virtual machine (13 items)
Topic: operating system kernel (67 items)