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>The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO</TITLE
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>The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO</H1
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>Eric Raymond</A
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>esr@thyrsus.com</A
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision 2.14</TD
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>Revised by: esr</TD
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>More minor corrections.</TD
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>Revision 2.13</TD
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>Minor corrections.</TD
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>Revision 2.12</TD
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>2010-07-31</TD
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>Revised by: esr</TD
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>Add Farsi translation link. Note that ISA is dead.</TD
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>Revision 1.0</TD
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>1998-10-29</TD
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>Initial revision.</TD
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> This document describes the working basics of PC-class computers, Unix-like
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operating systems, and the Internet in non-technical language.
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Purpose of this document</A
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><DT
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="intro.html#newversions"
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>New versions of this document</A
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><DT
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="intro.html#feedback"
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>Feedback and corrections</A
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><DT
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>1.4. <A
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HREF="intro.html#resources"
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>Related resources</A
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><DT
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>2. <A
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HREF="anatomy.html"
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>Basic anatomy of your computer</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="bootup.html"
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>What happens when you switch on a computer?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4. <A
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HREF="login.html"
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>What happens when you log in?</A
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><DT
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>5. <A
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HREF="running-programs.html"
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>What happens when you run programs
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after boot time?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>6. <A
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HREF="devices.html"
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>How do input devices and interrupts work?</A
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><DT
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>7. <A
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HREF="multitasking.html"
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>How does my computer do several things at once?</A
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><DT
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>8. <A
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HREF="memory-management.html"
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>How does my computer keep processes from stepping on each other?</A
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><DD
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>8.1. <A
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HREF="memory-management.html#vm-simple"
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>Virtual memory: the simple version</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>8.2. <A
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HREF="memory-management.html#vm-details"
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>Virtual memory: the detailed version</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>8.3. <A
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HREF="memory-management.html#mmu"
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>The Memory Management Unit</A
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>9. <A
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>How does my computer store things in memory?</A
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>9.1. <A
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HREF="core-formats.html#numbers"
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>Numbers</A
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><DT
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>9.2. <A
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HREF="core-formats.html#characters"
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>Characters</A
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><DT
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>10. <A
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HREF="disk-layout.html"
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>How does my computer store things on disk?</A
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>10.1. <A
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>Low-level disk and file system structure</A
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><DT
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>10.2. <A
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HREF="disk-layout.html#filestructure"
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>File names and directories</A
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>10.3. <A
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HREF="disk-layout.html#mount-points"
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>Mount points</A
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>How a file gets looked up</A
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>File ownership, permissions and security</A
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>10.6. <A
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>How things can go wrong</A
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>How do computer languages work?</A
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>Compiled languages</A
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>Interpreted languages</A
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>P-code languages</A
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>How does the Internet work?</A
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>Names and locations</A
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>The Domain Name System</A
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>Packets and routers</A
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>TCP and IP</A
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>To Learn More</A
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