TY - GEN
T1 - X-kernel
T2 - Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems (WWOS-II) Workstation Operating Systems (WWOS-II)
AU - Hutchinson, Norman C.
AU - Peterson, Larry L.
AU - Rao, Herman
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - The authors propose an operating system design that views a workstation as a portal through which users access Internet resources. Such a system should accommodate a variety of protocol suites yet present users with an integrated and uniform interface to all the protocols and, as a consequence, to all Internet resources. Toward this end, they have designed an operating system, called the x-kernel, that consists of three major components: a configurable kernel that provides uniform access to a wide array of protocols, a heterogeneous file system, and a customizable user interface. The central element in this design is the protocol. The kernel implements a library of useful protocols. The file system and user interface, in turn, provide a per-user environment that translates a resource name into the protocol that should be used to access the resource. The authors describe the library of protocols, the file system, and the user interface.
AB - The authors propose an operating system design that views a workstation as a portal through which users access Internet resources. Such a system should accommodate a variety of protocol suites yet present users with an integrated and uniform interface to all the protocols and, as a consequence, to all Internet resources. Toward this end, they have designed an operating system, called the x-kernel, that consists of three major components: a configurable kernel that provides uniform access to a wide array of protocols, a heterogeneous file system, and a customizable user interface. The central element in this design is the protocol. The kernel implements a library of useful protocols. The file system and user interface, in turn, provide a per-user environment that translates a resource name into the protocol that should be used to access the resource. The authors describe the library of protocols, the file system, and the user interface.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0024923578
SN - 081862003X
T3 - Proc Second Workshop Workstation Oper Sys WWOS II
SP - 55
EP - 59
BT - Proc Second Workshop Workstation Oper Sys WWOS II
A2 - Anon, null
PB - Publ by IEEE
Y2 - 27 September 1989 through 29 September 1989
ER -