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The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO
Eric Raymond
esr@thyrsus.com
| Revision History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revision 2.5 | 2002-02-02 | Revised by: esr |
| Corrected description of IP. | ||
| Revision 2.4 | 2001-06-12 | Revised by: esr |
| Where to find more. | ||
| Revision 2.3 | 2001-05-21 | Revised by: esr |
| Introduction to bus types. Polish translation link. | ||
| Revision 2.2 | 2001-02-05 | Revised by: esr |
| New section on how DNS is organized. Corrected for new location of document. Various copy-edit fixes. | ||
| Revision 2.1 | 2000-11-29 | Revised by: esr |
| Correct explanation of twos-complement numbers. Various copy-edit fixes. | ||
| Revision 2.0 | 2000-08-05 | Revised by: esr |
| First DocBook version. Detailed description of memory hierarchy. | ||
| Revision 1.7 | 2000-03-06 | Revised by: esr |
| Correct and expanded the section on file permissions. | ||
| Revision 1.4 | 1999-09-25 | Revised by: esr |
| Be more precise about what kernel does vs. what init does. | ||
| Revision 1.3 | 1999-06-27 | Revised by: esr |
| The sections `What happens when you log in?' and `File ownership, permissions and security'. | ||
| Revision 1.2 | 1998-12-26 | Revised by: esr |
| The section `How does my computer store things in memory?'. | ||
| Revision 1.0 | 1998-10-29 | Revised by: esr |
| Initial revision. | ||
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic anatomy of your computer
- 3. What happens when you switch on a computer?
- 4. What happens when you log in?
- 5. What happens when you run programs from the shell?
- 6. How do input devices and interrupts work?
- 7. How does my computer do several things at once?
- 8. How does my computer keep processes from stepping on each other?
- 9. How does my computer store things in memory?
- 9.1. Numbers
- 9.2. Characters
- 10. How does my computer store things on disk?
- 11. How do computer languages work?
- 11.1. Compiled languages
- 11.2. Interpreted languages
- 11.3. P-code languages
- 12. How does the Internet work?
- 12.1. Names and locations
- 12.2. The Domain Name System
- 12.3. Packets and routers
- 12.4. TCP and IP
- 12.5. HTTP, an application protocol
- 13. To Learn More
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| Introduction |